The Marquis de Condorcet's most important work was on probability and the philosophy of mathematics. He was born in Ribemont, France on 17 September 1743 and died in Bourg-la-Reine near Paris on 29 March 1794. He applied probability to voting and to the reliability of juries, and his observation that majority rule can produce a cycle of preferences remains central in social choice theory. The Condorcet paradox and early mathematical thinking about elections come from his work.
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Born 17 September 1743 Ribemont, France
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The Marquis de Condorcet 's most important work was on probability and the philosophy of mathematics.
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The theorem was first expressed by the Marquis de Condorcet in his 1785 work Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions
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