1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003240570203316

Autore

LANDAU, Edmund

Titolo

Elementary number theory / Edmund Landau ; translated by Jacob E. Goodman ; with exercises by Paul T. Bateman and Eugene E. Kohlbecker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Chelsea, 1966

Edizione

[2. ed]

Descrizione fisica

256 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

512.7

Soggetti

Teoria dei numeri

Collocazione

512.7 LAN

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484647603321

Autore

Rescher Nicholas

Titolo

Luck Theory : A Philosophical Introduction to the Mathematics of Luck / / by Nicholas Rescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-63780-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXIII, 90 p. 56 illus.)

Collana

Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences, , 2214-9139 ; ; 20

Disciplina

510.1

Soggetti

Mathematics - Philosophy

Game theory

Philosophy of Mathematics

Game Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

1. Chancy Outcome Situation -- 2. Outcome Luck Assessment and the Luck Equation -- 3. Variant Approaches to Luck -- 4. Some Illustrative Examples -- 5. Luck in Success/Failure Situations -- 6. Basic Luck Theorems -- 7. Luck and Risk -- 8. Managing Luck.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an original—the first-ever treatment of the mathematics of Luck. Setting out from the principle that luck can be measured by the gap between reasonable expectation and eventual realization, the book develops step-by-step a mathematical theory that accommodates the entire range of our pre-systematic understanding of the way in which luck functions in human affairs. In so moving from explanatory exposition to mathematical treatment, the book provides a clear and accessible account of the way in which luck assessment enters into the calculations of rational decision theory.