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Odds
[edit]The person who wrote up odds as currently displayed on the page got it wrong. A 2:1 event is not an event with probability 2/3; it is a 1/3 probability event. The formula a/(a+b) needs to be replaced with b/(a+b) and is probably best illustrated with a reference to gambling.
Theory of errors
[edit]I submit that the memoir De erroribus (1823) by C F Gauss should be mentioned. Gauss derives the error function connected with his name, from only three assumptions.
(C Lomnitz, Mexico City)
44 links to men, none to women
[edit]I note that the page currently contains 44 links to pages about men, and none to pages about women. This seems a pity. Do we think we can do anything about it? Dsp13 (talk) 10:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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