Subject: Re: [HM] on dependencies of events in probability theory
From: Vorob'ov O.Yu. (vorob@scn.ru)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 10:38:42 EDT
Udai Venedem <venedem@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> In his book on Probability (translated from ***Ischislenie
> veroyatnostei, 2nd edition, St Petersburg, 1908***), Markov
> does not say a word of Gauss, the name of Gauss is not
> cited even a single time !
and asks:
> Nationalistic reasons ?
I think it's hard to suspect A.A.Markov of nationalism. Rather
the reason is the following. His book was more a new research
than a fundamental survey. And Markov himself was rather a
mathematician-romantic than a fundamentalist.
Oleg Yu. Vorob'ov voice: +7 3912 49-47-95
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