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Branch links a mathematical concept to the field of mathematics that studies it. Wikipedia describes set theory as "the branch of mathematical logic that studies sets," a single sentence that both names the concept's field and its parent discipline. This dimension groups concepts that belong to the same branch of mathematics.

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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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