What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability. Infinite Series is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV ...

The paper gives some personal recollections of the development of mathematical probability theory and its applications to statistical inference during the twenty years between the two world wars, ...

THIS is an interesting book. Its main interest lies in the endeavour of the authors to keep throughout a clear distinction between three different fields of study, all in some way inter related and ...

A team of international physicists has brought Bayes’ centuries-old probability rule into the quantum world. By applying the ...

Quantum versions of Bayes’ rule have been around for decades, but the approach through the minimum change principle had not been tried before. In the new work, a team led by Ge Bai, Francesco Buscemi ...

In certain circumstances, losses create a sure path to victory, an idea with implications for biology and cancer therapy ...

Niigata, Japan - Human society includes various minority groups. However, it is often difficult to know whether someone is a minority member simply by looking at the person, as minority traits may not ...

Women tend to be less fertile as they get older, but how much, exactly? Math nerd Richie Cotton at 4dpiecharts.com decided to figure it out with a chart. Cotton, who is trying to have a baby with his ...