Finite random sums (a historical essay)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1973 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Archive for History of Exact Sciences, volume 9, pages 275-305 (issn: 0003-9519, eissn: 1432-0657,

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Authors: Sheynin, O. B.;

doi: 10.1007/bf00348365

Finite random sums (a historical essay)

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The study of the stochastic behavior of sums of independent random quantities, the number of which increases without limit, has been a most important problem of the classical theory of probability. However, finite random sums occurring in various fields of application of this theory were also studied again and again by a number of scholars and led to the development of mathematical methods and ideas in the theory of probability proper.

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History of probability theory, History of mathematics in the 19th century, History of mathematics in the 18th century

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