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The broken dice, and other mathematical tales of chance

Author:I. Ekeland

Summary:Contemplating the randomness of nature, Ekeland extends his consideration of the catastrophe theory of the universe begun in Mathematics and the Unexpected, drawing upon rich literary sources and current topics in math and physics such as chaos theory, information theory, and particle physics. Line drawings

Print Book, English, ©1993

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ©1993

Physical Description:183 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9780226199917, 9780226199924, 0226199916, 0226199924

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:27936950

Subjects:

Mathematical statistics

Statistique mathématique

Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie

Contents:

1. Chance

2. Fate

3. Anticipation

4. Chaos

5. Risk

6. Statistics

Notes:

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Language Notes:Translation of: Au hasard

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