The conference aims to bring together the leading figures and early-career researchers in the most active fields of modern Probability and Mathematical Physics. A joint effort of the organizers from ...

The mathematical theory of probability as we know it today was developed by Andrey Kolmogorov. In 1933, Kolmogorov issued his Foundations of the Theory of Probability, where he combined the notion of ...

Probability theory is the mathematical study of phenomena characterized by randomness or uncertainty. More precisely, probability is used for modelling situations when the result of an experiment, ...

This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Statistics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. The availability as an ...

Editor’s Note: Published in 1957, this article comes from Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more in our special digital issue, Fun and Games. A paradox is ...