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The pleasures of probability

By Richard Isaac

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1995
ISBN
038794415X, 9780387944159
LCC
QA273 .I73 1995
Google Books ID
a_2vsIx4FQMC
Open Library ID
OL1113245M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1779682 bytes)
Series
Undergraduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics
Edition
Springer
Pages
256\256
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The purpose of "The Pleasures of Probability" is to introduce some of the most fundamental ideas in classical probability to a fairly general audience - reaching from mathematical amateurs to scientists, from students to professional mathematicians. The only prerequisites required are a decent background in elementary algebra and an interest in discussions of a variety of problems and applications in probability. The style is informal, and the chapters are more like essays on a particular topic than textbook treatments. Even well-known problems are often covered in more depth than usual in order to illustrate underlying ideas. The book can be used as a text for a first course in probability or as a companion to a text. Each chapter ends with a few problems, the answers to which are given at the end of the book.

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