Isaac Newton as a probabilist

DOI10.1214/088342306000000312zbMATH Open1246.01008arXivmath/0701089OpenAlexW2054469735WikidataQ56602749 ScholiaQ56602749MaRDI QIDQ449738FDOQ449738

Authors: Stephen M. Stigler 

Publication date: 1 September 2012

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In 1693, Isaac Newton answered a query from Samuel Pepys about a problem involving dice. Newton's analysis is discussed and attention is drawn to an error he made.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701089

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of probability theory (60-03)

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• Search by committee
• Newton and the classical theory of probability
• A variation of the Newton-Pepys problem and its connections to size-estimation problems
• Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method

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