Choice and Chance (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Whitworth, William Allen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440042543 ISBN 13 : 9781440042546

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how probability works through real-looking puzzles and practical problems.

This classic collection, Choice and Chance, presents a wide range of probability ideas in short, solvable questions. It trains clear thinking with approachable examples and careful reasoning.

Probability is shown in familiar settings—coins, cards, dice, and everyday decisions—so readers see how odds shift with new information and how to measure expected outcomes. The book blends curiosity with method, guiding you from simple cases to more intricate scenarios.

• Build intuition with problems about drawing and betting, sums, and expectations
• Learn how to compare chances, update beliefs, and use conditional probability
• See step-by-step approaches that illuminate reasoning, not just answers
• Practice with varied setups, from games to practical decision-making

Ideal for curious readers who want to sharpen logical thinking and gain a solid grounding in probability.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

PREFACE.
IN this second edition I have enlarged the appendices
so as to meet the wants of adyanced students. I have
also added a collection of upwards of one hundred
miscellaneous examples, which I think will ndd very
much to the utility of the book.
It should be observed that the two chapters headed
respectively' Choice and Chance are simply arithmetic,
and ought not to be beyond the comprehension of the
ordinary reader who has never seen an algebraicaI sym~
bol. But while expressly written for unscientific readers,
they have been found very helpful to the young mathematician,
when he was about to read in his algebra the
hitherto difficult and embanassing chapters on permu·
tations and combinations, 01' on probability.
The appendices are addressed entirely to algebraical
students. In the first appendix the usual theorems
respecting permutat.ions and combinations are esta~
blishcd by new proofs, the same reasoning which
was pm'sued with as little technicality as p

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; Ex planations; CHAPTER 1 CHOICE ; Examples 011 Choice ; CHAPTER II CHANCE; Examples on Chance ; ApPENDIX I Permutations and Combinations; Algebraically ; ApPE~DIX II Distdbutions; ApPENDIX III Derangements • ; Apl'~NDlX IV On the Disadvantage of Gambling; Miscellaneous Examples; Auswers to tho R~fll·npl(~s ; treated; l'AG-R; Xl; 1; fi2; (Hi; 138; 142; 163; 185; 199; 231; ;2!)1

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440042543
• ISBN 13: 9781440042546
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
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• Personne responsable: non disponible