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The origins of probability

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Τίτλος: The origins of probability
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
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