A ``neoclassic probabilist'': Francesco Paolo Cantelli
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A ``neoclassic probabilist'': Francesco Paolo Cantelli
zbMATH Open document ID: 0642.01012
DOI: 10.1016/0315-0860(88)90049-3
author: Margherita Benzi
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A short curriculum vitae of F. P. Cantelli (1875-1966) is given. His name is connected with that of E. Borel (1871-1956) by the `lemma of Borel- Cantelli', but their concepts of probability are different. The papers of Cantelli in the years 1916-1917 about the possibility of defining probability as limiting form of relative frequencies and his abstract theory have been strongly discussed in Italy. His neoclassical concept of probability has been reconsidered by R. von Mises in 1936. This contribution and a remark by Cantelli are to be found in the Giornale dell'Istituto Italiano degli Attuari 3, 235-255.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60-03
zbMATH DE Number: 4045695
zbMATH Keywords: foundations of probability
zbMATH Keywords: random variables
zbMATH Keywords: E. Borel
zbMATH Keywords: R. von Mises
zbMATH Keywords: relative frequencies
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0315-0860(88)90049-3
OpenAlex ID: W2040879039
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4045695