Heads or tails (Record no. 565680)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789393330178 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.2 |
| Item number | L565h |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Lesigne, Emmanuel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Heads or tails |
| Remainder of title | an introduction to limit theorems in probability |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Emmanuel Lesigne; translated by Anna Pierrehumbert |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Hyderabad |
| Name of publisher | Universities Press |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Provindence |
| Name of publisher | American Mathematical Society |
| Year of publication | 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 150p |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Student Mathematical Library |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | v.28 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Everyone knows some of the basics of probability, perhaps enough to play cards. Beyond the introductory ideas, there are many wonderful results that are unfamiliar to the layman, but which are well within our grasp to understand and appreciate. Some of the most remarkable results in probability are those that are related to limit theorems—statements about what happens when the trial is repeated many times. The most famous of these is the Law of Large Numbers, which mathematicians, engineers, economists, and many others use every day. In this book, Lesigne has made these limit theorems accessible by stating everything in terms of a game of tossing of a coin: heads or tails. In this way, the analysis becomes much clearer, helping establish the reader's intuition about probability. Moreover, very little generality is lost, as many situations can be modelled from combinations of coin tosses. This book is suitable for anyone who would like to learn more about mathematical probability and has had a one-year undergraduate course in analysis. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Limit theorems (Probability theory) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Probabilities |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pierrehumbert, Anna [tr.] |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2022-07-18 | 550.00 | 519.2 L565h | GB2422 | 550.00 | Books |