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On the phrase “equally probable.”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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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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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , July 1925 , pp. 669 - 671
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