Article ID: CBB001211451

The Emergence of French Probabilistic Statistics. Borel and the Institut Henri Poincaré around the 1920s (2012)

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This paper concerns the emergence of modern mathematical statistics in France after the First World War. Emile Borel's achievements are presented, and especially his creation of two institutions where mathematical statistics was developed: the Statistical Institute of Paris University, (ISUP) in 1922 and above all the Henri Poincaré Institute (IHP) in 1928. At the IHP, a new journal Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré was created in 1931. We discuss the first papers in that journal dealing with mathematical statistics.

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Authors & Contributors
Mazliak, Laurent
Armatte, Michel
Glebe, Ellen Yutzy
Serge Reubi
Krop, Jérôme
Sage, Marc
Concepts
Mathematics
Probability and statistics
Statistics
Cross-national comparison
Discipline formation
Science and government
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
France
Germany
Great Britain
Seine River (France)
Brno (Czech Republic)
United States
Institutions
France. Statistique générale
Société de Statistique de Paris
Brno University
Institut Henri Poincaré (France)
Statistical Society of London
Université de Paris
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