40 Puzzles and Problems in Probability and Mathematical Statistics

by Wolfgang Schwarz

Book Overview

The present book is based on the view that cognitive skills are best acquired by solving challenging, non-standard probability problems. Many puzzles and problems presented here are either new within a problem solving context (although as topics in fundamental research they are of course long known) or are variations of classical problems which follow directly from elementary concepts. A small number of particularly instructive problems is taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441925228
• ISBN13: 9781441925220
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"