The Doctrine of Chances: Or, A Method Of Calculating The Probability Of Events In Play - Brossura

Moivre, Abraham De

 
9781108061803: The Doctrine of Chances: Or, A Method Of Calculating The Probability Of Events In Play

Sinossi

The 1738 second edition of the first English textbook on probability theory, by French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754).

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Descrizione del libro

The French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754) is remembered for his formula which relates complex numbers and trigonometry. Reissued here is the revised and expanded 1738 second edition of the influential textbook on probability theory that he first published in English in 1718.

Contenuti

Dedication; Preface; Advertisement to the second edition; Introduction; Solutions of several sorts of problems.

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