Introduction to mathematical probability (Record no. 56274)
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| Distributor Name | Donated by Mathematics Department |
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| Classification number | 519 USP |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | J V Uspensky |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to mathematical probability |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /J V Uspensky |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York; London, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 1937. |
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| Extent | ix, 411 pages |
| Dimensions | ;24 cm |
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| Contents note | Computation of probability by direct enumeration of cases --<br/>Theorems of total and compound probability --<br/>Repeated trials --<br/>Probabilities of hypotheses and Bayes' theorem --<br/>Use of difference equations in solving problems of probability --<br/>Bernoulli's theorem --<br/>Approximate evaluation of probabilities in Bernoullian case --<br/>Further considerations on games of chance --<br/>Mathematical expectation --<br/>The law of large numbers --<br/>Application of the law of large numbers --<br/>Probabilities in continuum --<br/>The general concept of distribution --<br/>Fundamental limit theorems --<br/>Normal distribution in two dimensions. Limit theorem for sums of independent vectors. Origin of normal correlation --<br/>Distribution of certain functions of normally distributed variables --<br/>Appendix I. Euler's summation formula--Stirling's formula--some definite integrals --<br/>Appendix II. Method of moments and its applications --<br/>Appendix III. On a Gaussian problem. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | ;Probabilities |
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| Personal name | J V Uspensky |
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| Koha item type | Mathematics Departmental Library |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Mathematics Departmental Library | Mathematics Departmental Library | 21/01/2020 | Donated by Mathematics Department | 0.00 | 519 USP | M133 | 21/01/2020 | 21/01/2020 | Mathematics Departmental Library |
