Spencer B. Murray and Arthur Ollivier Mathematics and Statistics Lecture Featuring Christian Genest

Spencer B. Murray and Arthur Ollivier Mathematics and Statistics Lecture Featuring Christian Genest

October 23, 2024
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

About this event

The probability calculus is rooted in games of chance, and arose in the mid 1600s in response to a question raised by an inveterate gambler, or at least so the story goes. In this talk, Christian Genest will give an overview of the real motivations, major contributions and significant interactions between some of the key players in the development of this theory in the sesquicentennial period before the publication of Laplace’s Analytic Theory of Probability in 1812.

Details

Type
Lecture
Location
Room 1144, Hand Lab
Cost
Free
Primary Sponsoring Organization
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics
Contact Name
Elizabeth Standley
Contact Phone