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040			_aNISER LIBRARY _beng _cNISER LIBRARY
082			_a519.2 _bGRI-P
100			_aGrinstead, Charles M.
245			_aProbability tales
260			_aIndia : _bUniversities Press, _c2025.
300			_aix, 237 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm
490			_aStudent mathematical library ; _vv. 57
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
520			_aThis book explores four real-world topics through the lens of probability theory. It can be used to supplement a standard text in probability or statistics. Most elementary textbooks present the basic theory and then illustrate the ideas with some neatly packaged examples. Here the authors assume that the reader has seen, or is learning, the basic theory from another book and concentrate in some depth on the following topics: streaks, the stock market, lotteries, and fingerprints. This extended format allows the authors to present multiple approaches to problems and to pursue promising side discussions in ways that would not be possible in a book constrained to cover a fixed set of topics. To keep the main narrative accessible, the authors have placed the more technical mathematical details in appendices. The appendices can be understood by someone who has taken one or two semesters of calculus.
521			_aReadership: Undergraduate students interested in the connections of mathematics (specifically, probability and statistics) and real-life stories.
650			_aProbabilities
650			_aStochastic processes
650			_aProbability theory and stochastic processes _xInstructional exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.)
650			_aStatistics
700			_aPeterson, William P.
700			_aSnell, J. Laurie
856			_3Table of Contents _uhttps://www.ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/stml-57-toc.pdf?_gl=1*1fbxab7*_ga*NzkyMDE0ODczLjE3NTAwNDYzMjU.*_ga_26G4XFTR63*czE3NTAxMzI2MzckbzIkZzEkdDE3NTAxMzU3NzYkajU0JGwwJGgw
856			_3Reviews _uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11808625-probability-tales-student-mathematical-library?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17#CommunityReviews
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