A. de Moivre: 'De Mensura Sortis' or 'On the Measurement of Chance'

DOI10.2307/1403045zbMath0577.60001OpenAlexW2324302109WikidataQ57256695 ScholiaQ57256695MaRDI QIDQ3697951

Anders Hald

Publication date: 1984

Published in: International Statistical Review / Revue Internationale de Statistique (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1403045

zbMATH Keywords

De MoivreMontmortDe Mensura Sortis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of probability theory (60-03)

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