Pafnutii Lvovich Chebyshev (or Tchébichef)

E. Seneta

A chapter in Statisticians of the Centuries, 2001, pp 176-180 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Chebyshev is regarded as the founder of the St. Petersburg School of mathematics, which encompassed path-breaking work in probability theory. The Chebyshev Inequality carries his name; he intitiated rigorous work on a general version of the Central Limit Theorem.

Keywords: Central Limit Theorem; Mathematical Creativity; Chebyshev Inequality; Analytical Deduction; Rigorous Work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_36

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