Classic problems of probability

Résumé éditeur : "Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award for Mathematics from The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. "A great book, one that I will certainly add to my personal library." --Paul J. Nahin, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Universi...

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Tác giả chính: Gorroochurn, Prakash, 1971-
Định dạng: Livre numérique
Ngôn ngữ:Anglais
Được phát hành: New York, NY, USA : John Wiley & Sons 2012.
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Edition sous un autre format:• Classic problems of probability, Prakash Gorroochurn, Hoboken, N.J., John Wiley & Sons, 2012, 1 vol (XI-314 p.), 978-1-11-806325-5
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