Academic Journal
The origins of probability
| Τίτλος: | The origins of probability |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Camilleri, Liberato |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2018 |
| Συλλογή: | University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Estimation theory, Probabilities, Mathematics -- Philosophy, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical, Probabilities -- History, Mere, Antoine Gombaud, chevalier de, Pascal, Blaise |
| Time: | 1610-1684, 1623-1662 |
| Περιγραφή: | The theory of probability had its origins in games of chance and gambling. Probability originated from a gambler’s dispute in 1654 concerning the division of a stake between two players whose game was interrupted before its close.The problem was proposed by a well-to-do gambler, the Chevalier de Mere to prominent mathematicians including Blaise Pascal who shared his thoughts with Pierre de Fermat. ; N/A |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Relation: | Camilleri, L. (2018, July 15). The origins of probability. The Sunday Times of Malta, pp. 58.; https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55747 |
| Διαθεσιμότητα: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/55747 |
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