Olivetti Club

Kelsey Houston-EdwardsCornell University

A totally biased history of stochasticity: from British empiricism to random matrices.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 4:30pm

Malott 406

Part history. Part philosophy. Mostly mathematics.

Part I: Did anyone think about probability before Kolmogorov?
Part II: How did Kolmogorov mathematize probability?
Part III: Has anyone thought about probability since Kolmogorov?

Refreshments will be served in the lounge at 4:00 PM.