probability theory
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“Talagrand is an exceptionally prolific mathematician whose work has transformed probability theory, functional analysis and statistics,” the academy said in its award citation.
From New York Times
“Anthropologists, sociologists, historians and psychologists, as well as those working on probability theory and physics, took him to have important insights for their disciplines.”
From New York Times
For the kind of work that I’m doing, we need something that is more like a probability theory, where you’re not just measuring a number for each data point.
From Scientific American
In mathematics Pascal helped invent a whole new branch of the field: probability theory.
From Literature
He helped lay the foundations of calculus and probability theory.
From New York Times
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