40 Puzzles and Problems in Probability and Mathematical Statistics

di Wolf Schwarz (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2010

As a student I discovered in our library a thin booklet by Frederick Mosteller entitled50 Challenging Problems in Probability. Itreferredtoas- plementary “regular textbook” by William Feller, An Introduction to Pro- bilityTheoryanditsApplications.SoItookthisonealong,too,andstartedon the ?rst of Mosteller’s problems on the train riding home. From that evening, I caught on to probability. These two books were not primarily about abstract formalisms but rather about basic modeling ideas and about ways — often extremely elegant ones — to apply those notions to a surprising variety of empirical phenomena. Essentially, these books taught the reader the skill to “think probabilistically” and to apply simple probability models to real-world problems. The present book is in this tradition; it is based on the view that those cognitive skills are best acquired by solving challenging, nonstandard pro- bility problems. My own experience, both in learning and in teaching, is that challenging problems often help to develop, and to sharpen, our probabilistic intuition much better than plain-style deductions from abstract concepts.

• Autore: Wolf Schwarz
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: Problem Books in Mathematics
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 124 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781441925220

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