A newly-discovered result of Thomas Bayes

DOI10.1007/BF00357623zbMath0596.01016OpenAlexW2055631690MaRDI QIDQ1078157

Andrew I. Dale

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00357623

zbMATH Keywords

Bayes's theoremDavid Hartley

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of statistics (62-03)

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• LII. An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances. By the late Rev. Mr. Bayes, F. R. S. communicated by Mr. Price, in a letter to John Canton, A. M. F. R. S

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