Huygens' solution to the gambler's ruin problem

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(87)90017-6zbMath0628.01008OpenAlexW2033557215MaRDI QIDQ1092882

Eddie Shoesmith

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(87)90017-6

zbMATH Keywords

expectation-diagrams.Zbl 0502.60002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of probability theory (60-03)

Related Items (2)

Indeterminism in physics and intuitionistic mathematics ⋮ Deciding when to quit the gambler's ruin game with unknown probabilities

Uses Software

• APL

Cites Work

• Computing in statistical science through APL
• Nicholas Bernoulli's Theorem
• Nicholas Bernoulli and the Argument for Divine Providence
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