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THE treatment of the subject of probability has X developed in recent years mainly in its application to statistical research, and a large amount of work has been produced in attempts to express frequency distributions or correlation surfaces in mathematical terms or in measuring correlations and periodicity. In all these researches a practical object was to be attained, and there is almost unlimited scope for further development, but there still remain two classes of books on probability, which are exemplified by Prof. Borel's “elements “and Dr. Galbrun's actuarial text-book, which are but slightly connected with modern statistical work.
Assurances sur la vie: calcul des primes.
Par Henri Galbrun. (Traité du calcul des probabilités et de ses applications, par Émile Borel. Tome 3: Les Applications de la théorie des probabilités aux sciences économiques et biologiques, fascicule 1.) Pp. vi + 311. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie; 1924.) 35 francs.
Éléments de la théorie des probabilités.
(Cours de la Faculté des Sciences de Paris.) Par Prof. Émile Borel. 3e édition revue et augmentée. Pp. vii + 226. (Paris: J. Hermann, 1924.) 18 francs.
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Assurances sur la vie: calcul des primes Éléments de la théorie des probabilités. Nature 114, 303–304 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114303a0
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