A short history of probability theory and its applications

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2014.936975MaRDI QIDQ5247646zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kanadpriya Basu, Lokenath Debnath

Publication date 27 April 2015

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2014.936975

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of probability theory (60-03)

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