Jakob Bernoulli

Ivo Schneider

A chapter in Statisticians of the Centuries, 2001, pp 33-38 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Jakob Bernoulli, together with his brother Johann one of the pioneers of the Leibnizian form of the calculus, transformed Huygens’ calculus of expectations to make probability its main concept. He formulated and proved the weak law of large numbers, the cornerstone of modern probability and statistics.

Keywords: Classical Measure; Ther Modynamics; Modern Probability; Marriage Contract; Naturfo Rschende Gesellschaft (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_7

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