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Over the centuries, problems were proposed in stochastics and combinatorial mathematics that prompted ingenious solutions. This book offers selected important problems in historical sequence. The methods and arithmetic competencies once used to master these problems are still re…
"In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, …