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 • Mar. 20, 2024
This direction of developing probability theory for more complicated structures than numbers is an example.
From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022
Lizza’s mother, Oksana, a professor of probability theory and statistical mathematics at Pryazovskyi State Technical University, didn’t want to leave without her own parents, who lived in another neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022
He helped lay the foundations of calculus and probability theory.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022
Using probability theory, I calculate that, given my assumption, the likelihood of this result is well below 5 percent, a commonly used “level of significance.”
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
