How to Gamble If You Must, 9780486780641
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Risk everything on math, probability, and the gambler’s ultimate problem.

How to Gamble If You Must

inequalities for stochastic processes

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    304 pages

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    26 September 2014

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Summary

Beat the Odds: A Probability Primer Through the Lens of Gambling

This classic text uses the intriguing world of gambling to develop crucial ideas in probability theory, tailored for graduate-level readers. The authors distill years of research into a dozen concise chapters, offering a unique perspective on advanced statistics.

Originally “Strongly recommended” by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, this revised and updated edition includes a new Preface, upd…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486780641
ISBN-10:0486780643
Series:Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics
Author:Lester E. Dubins, Ted Kooser
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:26 September 2014
Weight:3.56kg
Dimensions:215mm x 15mm x 140mm
About The Author

Lester E. Dubins

Lester E. Dubins (1920-2010) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1962 to 2004.

Leonard J. Savage (1917-1971) was a mathematician and statistician who taught at several universities, including Princeton, Yale, and Columbia. His other book is The Foundation of Statistics.

William Sudderth is a Professor in the School of Statistics at the University of Minnesota.

David Gilat is a Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Tel Aviv University.

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