Article ID: CBB193787277

A Letter of Robert Leslie Ellis to William Walton on Probability (2018)

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The paper discusses the background to and provides a transcription of a letter from Robert Leslie Ellis (1817–59) to William Walton (1813–1901) of 1849 on probability theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Sheynin, Oscar B.
Pritchard, Chris
Denis, Daniel J.
Xu, Chuansheng
Thomsen, Samuel W.
Concepts
Mathematics
Probability and statistics
Primary literature (historical sources)
Biographies
Mathematicians
Statistics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Renaissance
16th century
Places
Great Britain
Russia
England
Italy
France
Soviet Union
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