An elementary introduction to the theory of probability /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by B.V. Gnedenko and A. Ya. Khinchin.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Authorized ed.
Statement of Responsibility Relating to Edition
Translated from the 5th Russian ed. by Leo F. Boron, with the editorial collaboration of Sidney F. Mack.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Dover Publications,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1962.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
130 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliography and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. I. Probabilities. The probability of an event -- Rule for the addition of probabilities -- Conditional probabilities and the multiplication rule -- Consequences of the addition and multiplication rules -- Bernoulli's scheme -- Bernoulli's theorem -- pt. II. Random variables. Random variables and distribution laws -- Mean values -- Mean value of a sum and of a product -- Dispersion and mean deviations -- Law of large numbers -- Normal laws.
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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Elementary introduction to the theory of probability.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Ėlementarnoe vvedenie v teorii͡u veroi͡atnosteĭ.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Probabilities.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
519
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1
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA273
Book number
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G5713
1962
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Gnedenko, B. V., (Boris Vladimirovich),1912-1995.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Khinchin, A. I͡A., (Aleksandr I͡Akovlevich),1894-1959