Tolstoy's mathematics in ``War and peace

DOI10.1007/S00283-012-9342-8MaRDI QIDQ354147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul M. B. Vitányi

Publication date 18 July 2013

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0110197

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and miscellaneous specific topics (00A99)

Abstract: The nineteenth century Russian author Leo Tolstoy based his egalitarian views on sociology and history on mathematical and probabilistic views, and he also proposed a mathematical theory of waging war.

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