Pascal: The geometry of chance (Q2780978)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1720172
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1720172 |
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22 July 2002
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theory of probability
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problem of points
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Pascal
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Fermat
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Pascal: The geometry of chance (English)
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In this non-mathematical exposition the author stresses the legal nature of the problem of points solved by Pascal and Fermat; studies the difference between the Latin and the French versions of Pascal's ``Traité du triangle arithmétique'' (1665); notes an embryo of expectation contained there (``droit d'attendre''); and remarks that Pascal had not treated statistical probabilities (or chances). She adduced 65 references (three of them to Pascal) but mentioned only 11 of them.
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