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This book begins with a historical essay entitled "Will the Sun Rise Again?" and ends with a general address entitled "Mathematics and Applications". The articles cover an interesting range of topics: combinatoric probabilities, classical limit theorems, Markov chains and process...

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Main Author: Chung, Kai Lai 1917-2009 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c2004
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Online Access:FHN01
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Summary:This book begins with a historical essay entitled "Will the Sun Rise Again?" and ends with a general address entitled "Mathematics and Applications". The articles cover an interesting range of topics: combinatoric probabilities, classical limit theorems, Markov chains and processes, potential theory, Brownian motion, Schrödinger–Feynman problems, etc. They include many addresses presented at international conferences and special seminars, as well as memorials to and reminiscences of prominent contemporary mathematicians and reviews of their works. Rare old photos of many of them enliven the book
Physical Description:ix, 304 p. ill., ports
ISBN:9789812567130

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