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From Real Analysis to Probability: Autobiographical Notes

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I was born on 12 August 1936 in Piteşti, then a small town of some 20,000 inhabitants situated on the river Argeş, about 120 km north-west of Bucharest. It has now become an important industrial centre with more than 150,000 inhabitants. During my childhood, Piteşti enjoyed the reputation of being a clean and attractive town with very good secondary schools modelled after the French lycées. My parents were teachers there, and as a child I thought I would also become a teacher.

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