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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications: Volume I: Third
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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications: Volume I: Third Edition Hardcover - 1968

by Feller, William

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1968. Classic highly-acclaimed text contains thoroughly revised and expanded sections, including the substitution of probabilistic arguments for combinatorial artifices, and the addition of new sections on branching processes, Markov chains, and the De Moivre-Laplace theorem. 509 pp. Illustrated. Dustacket has minor shelfwear and a few tiny closed edge tears, and a small tear on the spine taped on the inside. In mylar. Text pristine and unmarked.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The mathematical theory of probability gains practical value and an intuitive meaning in connection with real or conceptual experiments such as tossing a coin once, tossing a coin 100 times, throwing three dice, arranging a deck of cards, matching two decks of cards, playing roulette, observing the life span of a radioactive atom or a person, selecting a random sample of people and observing the number of left-handers in it, crossing two species of plants and observing the phenotypes of the offspring; or with phenomena such as the sex of a newborn baby, the number of busy trunklines in a telephone exchange, the number of calls on a telephone, random noise in an electrical communication system, routine quality control of a production process, frequency of accidents, the number of double stars in a region of the skies, the position of a particle under diffusion.

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William "Vilim" Feller was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.

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