Probability Theory: Philosophy, Recent History and Relations to Science

Probability Theory: Philosophy, Recent History and Relations to Science
ISBN-10
0792369521
ISBN-13
9780792369523
Series
Probability Theory
Category
Mathematics
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2001-06-30
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Vincent F. Hendricks, Stig Andur Pedersen, Klaus Frovin Jørgensen

Description

A collection of papers presented at the conference on Probability Theory - Philosophy, Recent History and Relations to Science, University of Roskilde, Denmark, September 16-18, 1998. Since the measure theoretical definition of probability was proposed by Kolmogorov, probability theory has developed into a mature mathematical theory. It is today a fruitful field of mathematics that has important applications in philosophy, science, engineering, and many other areas. The measure theoretical definition of probability and its axioms, however, are not without their problems; some of them even puzzled Kolmogorov. This book sheds light on some recent discussions of the problems in probability theory and their history, analysing their philosophical and mathematical significance, and the role pf mathematical probability theory in other sciences.

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