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The doctrine of chances; or, A method of calculating the probabilities of events in play PDF

207 Pages·1967·7.18 MB·English
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In the year 1716 Abraham de Moivre published his Doctrine of Chances, in which the subject of Mathematical Probability took several long strides forward. A few years later came his Treatise of Annuities. When the third (and final) edition of the Doctrine was published in 1756 it appeared in one volu
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