Introduction to Probability / Charles Grinstead, J. Laurie Snell.

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Probability theory began in seventeenth century France when the two great French mathematicians, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded over two problems from games of chance. Problems like those Pascal and Fermat solved continuedto influence such early researchers as Huygens, Bernoulli, a...

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Uniform Title:Open Textbook Library.
Main Authors: Grinstead, Charles M. (Charles Miller), 1952- (Author)
Snell, J. Laurie (James Laurie), 1925-2011 (Author)
Corporate Author: Open Textbook Library (Distributor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : American Mathematical Society, [1997]
Series:Open Textbook Library.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Textbooks.
Engineering > Textbooks.
Applied mathematics > Textbooks.
Open educational resources.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Open educational resources.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Open Textbook Library @ University of Minnesota)
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Format: Electronic Website
Contents:
  • 1 Discrete Probability Distributions
  • 2 Continuous Probability Densities
  • 3 Combinatorics
  • 4 Conditional Probability
  • 5 Distributions and Densities
  • 6 Expected Value and Variance
  • 7 Sums of Random Variables
  • 8 Law of Large Numbers
  • 9 Central Limit Theorem
  • 10 Generating Functions
  • 11 Markov Chains
  • 12 Random Walks