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(Encyclopedia) probability, in mathematics, assignment of a number as a measure of the “chance” that a given event will occur. There are certain important restrictions on such a probability measure.…Theories of the Universe: Born of Probability
Born of ProbabilityTheories of the UniverseChunks of UncertaintyJust a Little Math Won't HurtBorn of ProbabilityThey're Complementary After All Schrdingers's picture of the atom relied on a…Bayes, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Bayes, Thomas, 1702–61, English clergyman and mathematician. The son of a Nonconformist minister, he was privately educated and earned his livelihood as a minister to the Nonconformist…permutations and combinations
(Encyclopedia) permutations and combinations: see probability.combinations, in mathematics
(Encyclopedia) combinations, in mathematics: see probability.chance
(Encyclopedia) chance, in mathematics: see probability.belief
(Encyclopedia) belief, in philosophy, commitment to something, involving intellectual assent. Philosophers have disagreed as to whether belief is active or passive; René Descartes held that it is a…Cournot, Antoine Augustin
(Encyclopedia) Cournot, Antoine AugustinCournot, Antoine AugustinäNtwänˈ ōgüstăNˈ k&oomacr;rnōˈ [key], 1801–77, French mathematician and economist. He developed mathematical theories of chance…Erdös, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Erdös, PaulErdös, Paulĕrˈdös [key], 1913–96, Hungarian mathematician, b. Budapest. A child prodigy, he was mostly home-schooled by his parents—both teachers of mathematics—until he…tunneling
(Encyclopedia) tunneling, quantum-mechanical effect by which a particle can penetrate a barrier into a region of space that would be forbidden by ordinary classical mechanics. Tunneling is a direct…Trending
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