Poincar\'e's Odds
History and Overview
2013-03-06 v3 Probability
Abstract
This paper is devoted to Poincar\'e's work in probability. Though the subject does not represent a large part of the mathematician's achievements, it provides significant insight into the evolution of Poincar\'e's thought on several important matters such as the changes in physics implied by statistical mechan- ics and molecular theories. After having drawn the general historical context of this evolution, I focus on several important steps in Poincar\'e's texts dealing with probability theory, and eventually consider how his legacy was developed by the next generation.
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@article{arxiv.1211.5737,
title = {Poincar\'e's Odds},
author = {Laurent Mazliak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5737},
year = {2013}
}