English Title
On the probability of sequences in the Genoese lottery
Enestrom Number
338
Fuss Index
300
Original Language
French
Content Summary
The Genoese lottery was the first number lottery, and as such drew much attention from 18th century mathematicians. Its chief expositors were Nicolas Bernoulli and Euler. Euler himself devoted at least five papers to the subject: E412, E600, E812, and E813, as well as this one. Here Euler investigates the probability that various sequences of numbers will be drawn.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1767
Written Date
1767
Original Source Citation
Mémoires de l'académie des sciences de Berlin, Volume 21, pp. 191-230.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 7, pp.113-152.
Record Created
2018-09-25
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