Study on Jacob Bernoulli's Art of Conjecturing
Received:August 13, 2004  Revised:March 10, 2005
Key Words: art of conjecturing   law of large numbers   probability   expectation.  
Fund Project:the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10471111); Wu Wenjun Silk Road Tianyuan Fund
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XU Chuan-sheng Centre for the History of Mathematics and Sciences, Northwest University, Shaanxi 710069, China
Department of Mathematics, Linyi Normal University, Shandong 276001, China 
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Abstract:
      Art of Conjecturing is the first foundational work on the theory of probability. Its publication symbolizes the independence of the theory of probability as a branch of mathematics. This paper analyses Jacob Bernoulli's new thoughts about probability, such as Bernoulli's law of large numbers and Bernoulli's number. Besides, we clear up the problem about the arranger and publisher of Art of Conjecturing.
Citation:
DOI:10.3770/j.issn:1000-341X.2007.01.029
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