40 Puzzles and Problems in Probability and Mathematical Statistics

von Wolf Schwarz

124 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

As a student I discovered in our library a thin booklet by Frederick Mosteller entitled50 Challenging Problems in Probability. Itreferredtoas- plementary “regular textbook” by William Feller, An Introduction to Pro- bilityTheoryanditsApplications.SoItookthisonealong,too,andstartedon the ?rst of Mosteller’s problems on the train riding home. From that evening, I caught on to probability. These two books were not primarily about abstract formalisms but rather about basic modeling ideas and about ways — often extremely elegant ones — to apply those notions to a surprising variety of empirical phenomena. Essentially, these books taught the reader the skill to “think probabilistically” and to apply simple probability models to real-world problems. The present book is in this tradition; it is based on the view that those cognitive skills are best acquired by solving challenging, nonstandard pro- bility problems. My own experience, both in learning and in teaching, is that challenging problems often help to develop, and to sharpen, our probabilistic intuition much better than plain-style deductions from abstract concepts.

• Reihe: Problem Books in Mathematics
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Mathematik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Statistik
• ISBN: 9781441925220
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.11.2010
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer US