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General Foundations

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Mathematical Statistics

Part of the book series: Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ((GL,volume 156))

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In probability theory events are considered whose occurrence depend on chance and whose probabilities are expressible as numbers.

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  1. See M. H. Stone. Trans. Amer. math. Soc. 40 (1936) p. 37 or G. Birkhoff, Lattice Theory.

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  2. A. van Wijngaarden, A transformation of formal series. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Amsterdam, Section of Science A 56 (1953) p. 537.

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van der Waerden, B.L. (1969). General Foundations. In: Mathematical Statistics. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22137-2_2

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