The emergence of French probabilistic statistics. Borel and the Institut Henri Poincaré in the 1920s

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Authors Laurent Mazliak, R. Catellier

Publication date 28 February 2013

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4205, http://smf4.emath.fr/en/Publications/RevueHistoireMath/18/html/smf_rhm_18_271-335.php

zbMATH Keywords

history of statisticsEmile BorelInstitut Henri PoincaréGeorges DarmoisInstitut de Statistiques de l'Université de ParisMaurice Fréchet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric estimation (62G05) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics at institutions and academies (non-university) (01A74) History of statistics (62-03)

Abstract: This paper concerns the emergence of modern mathematical statistics in France after the First World War. Emile Borel's achievements are presented, and especially his creation of two institutions where mathematical statistics was developed: the {it Statistical Institute of Paris University}, (ISUP) in 1922 and above all the {it Henri Poincar'e Institute} (IHP) in 1928. At the IHP, a new journal {it Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar'e} was created in 1931. We discuss the first papers in that journal dealing with mathematical statistics.

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