probability theory
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“Talagrand is an exceptionally prolific mathematician whose work has transformed probability theory, functional analysis and statistics,” the academy said in its award citation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Lizza’s mother, Oksana, a professor of probability theory and statistical mathematics at Pryazovskyi State Technical University, didn’t want to leave without her own parents, who lived in another neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
That is because the process of percolation is subject to a general principle in probability theory called the zero-one law, discovered by Russian mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov in the 1930s.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2021
In probability theory, an outcome is a possible result of an experiment or trial.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020
Using probability theory, I calculate that, given my assumption, the likelihood of this result is well below 5 percent, a commonly used “level of significance.”
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
