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The life and times of the central limit theorem /
About the First Edition: The study of any topic becomes more meaningful if one also studies the historical development that resulted in the final theorem. ... This is an excellent book on mathematics in the making.-Philip Peak, The Mathematics Teacher, May, 1975 I find the book very interesting. It...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Providence, R.I. : [London] :
American Mathematical Society ; London Mathematical Society,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | History of mathematics ;
no. 35. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A seed is sown Approximation by integrals of $e^{-x^{2}}$ Impetus provided by the theory of errors of observation Impetus provided by mathematical astronomy The flowering of the central limit theorem begins The development of the hypothesis of elementary errors The emergence of an abstract central limit theorem Chebyshev's pupils: A.A. Markov and A.M. Lyapunov Bibliography W. Feller, The fundamental limit theorems in probability L. Le Cam, The central limit theorem around 1935 H.F. Trotter, J.L. Doob, David Pollard, and L. Le Cam, Comments and rejoinder A.M. Lyapunov, On a theorem in probability theory A.M. Lyapunov, On a theorem in probability theory A.M. Lyapunov, A general proposition in probability theory A.M. Lyapunov, A new form of a theorem on the limit of a probability