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, ...

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In order to improve the monitoring and management ability of marine rainfall in different duration, it is necessary to predict the ocean rainfall flow in different duration, and a combined forecasting ...

As he was brushing his teeth on the morning of July 17, 2014, Thomas Royen, a little-known retired German statistician, suddenly lit upon the proof of a famous conjecture at the intersection of ...

Smithfield High School sophomore, Darrell Norton, took first-place honors in the mathematics category at the Tidewater Science Fair, which was recently held at Lafayette High School in Williamsburg.

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 ...