Chance interloper Probability was a relative latecomer to mathematics. Although people had been gambling with astragali (knucklebones) and dice for millennia, it was not until the French ...

Learn how to work out and write about the probability of events with this BBC Bitesize Maths article. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Empirical probability uses the number of occurrences of an outcome within a sample set as a basis for determining the probability of that outcome.

MATH.5090 — Graduate Id: 008409 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3 Description This course provides a solid basis for further study in statistics and data analysis or in pattern recognition and operations ...

MATH.3860 — Undergraduate Id: 008341 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3 Description Provides a one-semester course in probability and statistics with applications in the engineering sciences. Probability of ...

Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, both retired professors, share the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize.