Chance & choice : memorabilia /
Chung, Kai Lai, 1917-2009.
Chance & choice : memorabilia / Chance and choice Kai Lai Chung. - River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2004. - 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
This book begins with a historical essay entitled "Will the Sun Rise Again?" and ends with a general address entitled "Mathematics and Applications". The articles cover an interesting range of topics: combinatoric probabilities, classical limit theorems, Markov chains and processes, potential theory, Brownian motion, Schrödinger-Feynman problems, etc. They include many addresses presented at international conferences and special seminars, as well as memorials to and reminiscences of prominent contemporary mathematicians and reviews of their works. Rare old photos of many of them enliven the book.
English.
9789812567130 (electronic bk.) 9812567135 (electronic bk.) 1281877255 9781281877253 9789812560124 9812560122 9786611877255 6611877258
Probabilities.
Stochastic processes.
Probability
Stochastic Processes
Probabilités.
Processus stochastiques.
probability.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
Probabilities.
Stochastic processes.
Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie.
Stochastische processen.
Probabilidade.
Processos estocasticos.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QA273 / .C576 2004eb
519.2
Chance & choice : memorabilia / Chance and choice Kai Lai Chung. - River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2004. - 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
This book begins with a historical essay entitled "Will the Sun Rise Again?" and ends with a general address entitled "Mathematics and Applications". The articles cover an interesting range of topics: combinatoric probabilities, classical limit theorems, Markov chains and processes, potential theory, Brownian motion, Schrödinger-Feynman problems, etc. They include many addresses presented at international conferences and special seminars, as well as memorials to and reminiscences of prominent contemporary mathematicians and reviews of their works. Rare old photos of many of them enliven the book.
English.
9789812567130 (electronic bk.) 9812567135 (electronic bk.) 1281877255 9781281877253 9789812560124 9812560122 9786611877255 6611877258
Probabilities.
Stochastic processes.
Probability
Stochastic Processes
Probabilités.
Processus stochastiques.
probability.
MATHEMATICS--Probability & Statistics--General.
Probabilities.
Stochastic processes.
Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie.
Stochastische processen.
Probabilidade.
Processos estocasticos.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QA273 / .C576 2004eb
519.2