De ratiociniis in ludo aleaea

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Exercitationum mathematicarum libri quinque.

1. Propositionum arithmeticarum et geometricarum centuria. 2.

A method of calculation of the hazards of game, plainly demonstrated, and applied to games at present most in use.

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Christiaan Huygens' De Ratiociniis in.

Christiani Hugenii libellus de ratiociniis in ludo aleae.

{De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae} which was published in Latin in The reprint of the translation is complete.

Constructio problematum simplicium geometricorum. 3. Apollonii Pergaei Loca plana restituta. 4.

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Organica conicarum sectionum in plano descriptio. 5. Sectiones miscellaneae triginta. Quibus accedit Christiani Hugenii tractatus, De ratiociniis in aleae ludo

A Dutch translation of this work was published in 1660.

English translation online: The VALUE of all CHANCES IN Games of Fortune

Very useful information related to this essay by Huygens, its nascence, and correspondence can be obtained online at: Sources in the History of Probability and Statistics by Richard J.

Pulskamp.

It is one of the amazing incidents in the history of mathematics that a seemingly simple mathematical ‘sharing problem’ took well over 250 years after its first manuscript appearance in Italy, and over 150 years