On the history of the strong law of large numbers and Boole's inequality

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(92)90053-EzbMath0744.01008OpenAlexW2038640242MaRDI QIDQ1183316

Eugene Seneta

Publication date: 28 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(92)90053-e

zbMATH Keywords

Bonferroni inequalitiesFréchetBorelBologna conferenceCantelliChetverikovChuprovSlutsky

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of probability theory (60-03)

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