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A glimpse of the impact of pál erd#ous on probability and statistics
Author(s) -
CsõRGõ MiklÓS
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
canadian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.804
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1708-945X
pISSN - 0319-5724
DOI - 10.2307/3316095
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , probability and statistics , statistics , work (physics) , history , mathematics , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering
The title of this article notwithstanding, it is the author's aspiration here to provide a bit more than merely a glimpse of some of Erdõs's contributions per se to probability‐statistics. He hopes to have succeeded in providing a guided tour of, and whenever it has appeared feasible, an introduction to, a few selected areas that have been strongly influenced by the work of Erdõs. The author also hopes to have succeeded in facilitating a glimpse of the impact of these contributions by presenting them in their historical context.