The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

A. De Moivre

9780331577242: The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331577240 ISBN 13: 9780331577242

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Excerpt from The Doctrine of Chances, or a Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play

When I firfi hegan to attempt the general Solution of the Prohlem con cerning the Duration of Play, there 70323 nothing extant that could give me any light into that Suhjetft; for altho' Mr. De Monmort, in the fir/l Edition of his Book, gives the Solution of this Prohlem, as limited to three Stakes to he won or lofi, and farther limited hy the Suppcyition of an �3.

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