Benedict Gross, Joe Harris, Emily Riehl

Fat Chance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Designed for the intellectually curious, this book provides a solid foundation in basic probability in an informal style, without jargon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9781108482967
• ISBN-10: 1108482961
• Artikelnr.: 54430753

Autorenporträt

Benedict Gross is Leverett Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at Harvard University, Massachusetts, and Professor of Mathematics at University of California, San Diego. He has taught mathematics at all levels at Princeton University, Brown University, Harvard University, and University of California, San Diego, and served as the Dean of Harvard College from 2003-2007. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Science. Among his awards and honors are the Cole Prize from the American Mathematical Society and a MacArthur Fellowship. His research is primarily in number theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Counting: 1. Simple counting
2. The multiplication principle
3. The subtraction principle
4. Collections
5. Games of chance
Interlude
6. The binomial theorem
7. Advanced counting
Part II. Probability: 8. Expected value
9. Conditional probability
10. Unfair coins and loaded dice
11. Geometric probability
Part III. Probability in the Large: 12. Games and their payoffs
13. The normal distribution
14. Don't try this at home.