Talk:Probability theory
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This page appears to be mostly or entirely redundant with the probability page. I'd suggest that we merge any differences into probability and remove this page. Comments? Wile E. Heresiarch 15:14, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
OK, on second thought it does make sense to have a separate page for probability theory. Other pages can refer specifically theoretical issues to the theory page. 128.138.85.48 02:25, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
The external link is broken.
Probability Theory shouldn't be included in the Discrete Math Category. Dennis 17:40, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I disagree. First, probability in discrete spaces has peculiar features distinct from continuous spaces. In addition, many of the techniques of finite mathematics such as difference equations, generating functions, and the like, originated in probability theory (a classic survey is Laplace's Analytical Theory of Probability, written in 1812!!) and probability techniques are sometimes important in numbers theory. Finally, using his own version of nonstandard analysis, Edward Nelson reduced all of probability theory (including stochastic processes) to discrete probability spaces (this is in his book Radically Elementary Probability Theory). — Miguel 04:52, 2004 Dec 19 (UTC)
