English Title
The solution of certain difficult questions in the calculus of probabilities
Enestrom Number
600
Fuss Index
301
Original Language
Latin
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: E338, E412, E812, and E813, as well as this one. In this paper, Euler investigated the probability that all numbers or some fewer numbers be drawn in a sequence of lotteries.
Published as
Collection article
Published Date
1785
Written Date
1781
Original Source Citation
Opuscula analytica, Volume 2, pp. 331-346.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 7, pp.408-424.
Record Created
2018-09-25
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