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Tag Archives: Kolmogorov’s axioms
The infinite lottery
Probability is a mathematical subject where the application of the results to the real world remains controversial, and different schools of thought flourish. Littlewood, in his Miscellany, discusses this, and comes firmly to the conclusion that probability theory can say … Continue reading
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Tagged Kolmogorov's axioms, logic, measure theory, probability, surreal numbers
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