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István Hatvani (1718–1786) was a
Hungarian mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
. He worked on developing some of the earliest elements of
probability theory
Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expressing it through a set ...
.
External links
Biography at University of St Andrews, Scotland
1718 births
1786 deaths
18th-century Hungarian mathematicians
Probability theorists
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