Classic problems of probability

DOI10.1002/9781118314340MaRDI QIDQ2889251zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Prakash Gorroochurn

Publication date 6 June 2012

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118314340

zbMATH Keywords

classical problemshistory of probability theoryparadoxes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General histories, source books (01A05) History of probability theory (60-03) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Probability theory (educational aspects) (97K50)

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