probability theory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of probability theory
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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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
“Anthropologists, sociologists, historians and psychologists, as well as those working on probability theory and physics, took him to have important insights for their disciplines.”
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
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
The first is the law of large numbers, one of the most significant though often misunderstood theorems in probability theory, and one which people sometimes invoke to justify all sorts of bizarre conclusions.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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