Mathematics of Chance

JIRÍ ANDEL is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He is the author of eighty-five scientific papers and four books written in Czech, two of which have been translated into German. Mathematics of Chance is the first of his books to be translated into English.

• Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Probability. Random Walk. Principle of Reflection. Records. Problems that Concern Waiting. Problems that Concern Optimization. Problems on Calculating Probability. Problems on Calculating Expectation. Problems on Statistical Methods. The LAD Method. Probability in Mathematics. Matrix Games. References. Topic Index. Author Index.

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