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The Doctrine of Chances. Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
Stewart N. Ethier
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Description for The Doctrine of Chances. Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
Hardback. Three centuries ago Montmort and De Moivre published two books on probability theory emphasizing its most important application at that time, games of chance. This book, on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, is a modern version of those classics. Series: Probability and its Applications. Num Pages: 830 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1378.
I have found many thousands more readers than I ever looked for. I have no right to say to these, You shall not ?nd fault with my art, or fall asleep over my pages; but I ask you to believe that this person writing strives to tell the truth. If there is not that, there is nothing. William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis This is a monograph/textbook on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, intended for those already familiar with probability at the post-calculus, p- measure-theory level. Gambling motivated much of the early development of probability the- 1 ory (David ... Read more
I have found many thousands more readers than I ever looked for. I have no right to say to these, You shall not ?nd fault with my art, or fall asleep over my pages; but I ask you to believe that this person writing strives to tell the truth. If there is not that, there is nothing. William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis This is a monograph/textbook on the probabilistic aspects of gambling, intended for those already familiar with probability at the post-calculus, p- measure-theory level. Gambling motivated much of the early development of probability the- 1 ory (David ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
830
Condition
New
Series
Probability and its Applications
Number of Pages
816
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540787822
SKU
V9783540787822
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Reviews for The Doctrine of Chances. Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling.
From the reviews: “I’m very happy to be reviewing Ethier’s labor of love The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling. … Each chapter ends with many exercises and fascinating historical notes and the book ends with a few mathematical appendices. … Ethier’s book is clearly aimed at a more mathematically sophisticated audience … and for that reason I ... Read more