Concepts from the mathematics of chance. Belongs here: Probability, currently the one concept mapped to this branch; a future wave may add more as the concept type grows. Does not belong here: game-theoretic concepts, filed separately under Mathematical Physics, Biology and Game Theory.
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1. Probability Theory (Wikipedia)
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The modern mathematical theory of probability has its roots in attempts to analyze games of chance by Gerolamo Cardano in the sixteenth century, and by Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal in the seventeenth century (for example the problem of points).
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