probability theory
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For the kind of work that I’m doing, we need something that is more like a probability theory, where you’re not just measuring a number for each data point.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2022
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
Dr. Conway’s boundless curiosity produced profound contributions to number theory, game theory, coding theory, group theory, knot theory, topology, probability theory, algebra, analysis, combinatorics and more.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2020
Then there was Musil the philosophical scientist, interested in probability theory and logical positivism, as well as in the workings of the mind and the soul.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
In mathematics Pascal helped invent a whole new branch of the field: probability theory.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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