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

DOI10.1098/rstl.1763.0053zbMath1250.60007OpenAlexW4230900352WikidataQ55868719 ScholiaQ55868719MaRDI QIDQ4648619

Publication date: 10 November 2012

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1763.0053

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) History of probability theory (60-03)

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