Probability Tales (Student Mathematical Library) - Softcover

 
9780821852613: Probability Tales (Student Mathematical Library)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0821852612 ISBN 13: 9780821852613
Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2011

Synopsis

This book explores four real-world topics through the lens of probability theory. It can be used to supplement a standard text in probability or statistics. Most elementary textbooks present the basic theory and then illustrate the ideas with some neatly packaged examples. Here the authors assume that the reader has seen, or is learning, the basic theory from another book and concentrate in some depth on the following topics: streaks, the stock market, lotteries, and fingerprints. This extended format allows the authors to present multiple approaches to problems and to pursue promising side discussions in ways that would not be possible in a book constrained to cover a fixed set of topics. To keep the main narrative accessible, the authors have placed the more technical mathematical details in appendices. The appendices can be understood by someone who has taken one or two semesters of calculus.

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Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0821852612
ISBN 13 
9780821852613
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
246