Guido Castelnuovo, pioneer of the theory and applications of probability in Italy. (English) Zbl 1386.60008

Regazzini, Eugenio

Rend. Mat. Appl., VII. Ser. 37, No. 3-4, 199-218 (2016).

Summary: We describe the work of Guido Castelnuovo (1865–1952) in the theory of probability and its applications to statistics and physics.

MSC:

60-03	History of probability theory
01A60	History of mathematics in the 20th century
01A55	History of mathematics in the 19th century

Keywords:

Castelnuovo; empirical law of chance; kinetic theory of gases and Maxwell law; law of (a vector of) errors of observation; problem of moments; second limit theorem, theory of dispersion