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The Sources of Kolmogorov's Grundbegriffe

Statistics Theory 2007-06-13 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Andrei Kolmogorov's Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeits-rechnung put probability's modern mathematical formalism in place. It also provided a philosophy of probability--an explanation of how the formalism can be connected to the world of experience. In this article, we examine the sources of these two aspects of the Grundbegriffe--the work of the earlier scholars whose ideas Kolmogorov synthesized.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606533,
  title  = {The Sources of Kolmogorov's Grundbegriffe},
  author = {Glenn Shafer and Vladimir Vovk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606533},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/088342305000000467 in the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)