Doctrine of Chances - Or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play

Klappentext The 1738 second edition of the first English textbook on probability theory, by French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754). Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication; Preface; Advertisement to the second edition; Introduction; Solutions of several sorts of problems.

Product details

• Authors: Abraham De Moivre, Abraham De Moivre
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108061803
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06180-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics; Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries