The Doctrine of Chances
eBook - ePub

The Doctrine of Chances

A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Doctrine of Chances

A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play

About this book

First Published in 1967. In the year 1716 Abraham de Moivre published his Doctrine of Chances, in which the subject of Mathematical Probability took several long strides forward. Includes a series of problems of progressive interest, followed by full solutions and an afterword by H.M. Walker.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781136228605
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Teaching Methods

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Original Title Page
  7. To the Right Honourable the Lord Carpenter
  8. Dedication
  9. Preface to First Edition (1717)
  10. Advertisement Concerning this Second Edition (1738)
  11. The Introduction
  12. Problem I. If A and B play with single bowls, and such be the skill of A that he knows by experience he can give B two games out of three; what is the proportion of their skill, or what are the odds, that A may get any one game assigned
  13. Index

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