(Probability) Understanding Marginal Probability Mass Function

• For a bivariate discrete random variable, $(X,Y)$, where $X,Y$ are two discrete random variables, the probability mass function, $f(x,y)$, is defined as the probability $P(X=x\cap Y=y)$.
• The Marginal Probability Mass function of $X$, $f_X(x)$, is defined as $P(X=x)$. Indeed, this is nothing other than $f(x):=P(X=x)$ as they share the exact same definition. However, $f_X(x)$ usually appears as f X ( x ) = ∑ S p a c e ( Y ) f ( x