A History of the Central Limit Theorem: From Classical to Modern Probability Theory

by Hans Fischer and Fischer

Book Overview

This study discusses the history of the central limit theorem and related probabilistic limit theorems from about 1810 through 1950. In this context the book also describes the historical development of analytical probability theory and its tools, such as characteristic functions or moments. The central limit theorem was originally deduced by Laplace as a statement about approximations for the distributions of sums of independent random variables...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461427010
• ISBN13: 9781461427018
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"