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On the phrase “equally probable.”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. Burnside
W. Burnside
Affiliation:
Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College.
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Extract

The following is a simple example of what Poincaré calls probabilité du continu.

Two points are marked at random on a unit line and it is assumed that all positions of either point are equally probable. What is the average or probable positive distance between the two points?

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , July 1925 , pp. 669 - 671
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1925

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