De Vetula: A medieval manuscript containing probability calculations

International Statistical Review

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-136

  Bellhouse, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dice probabilities; Elementary combinatorics; Emergence of probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034237927     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2000.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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