M. V. Ostrogradsky As Probabilist

• Published in: Український математичний журнал
• Date: 2001
• Main Author: Seneta, E.М.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2001
• Subjects: Статті
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/172279
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: M. V. Ostrogradsky As Probabilist / Е.М. Seneta // Український математичний журнал. — 2001. — Т. 53, № 8. — С. 1038-1047. — Бібліогр.: 17 назв. — англ.

We review the writings on probabilistic topics of M. V. Ostrogradsky (1801–1862) in the bicentenary year of his birth from a standpoint different from the sesquicentenary article of Gnedenko. Ostrogradsky's statistical technology follows closely that of Laplace's Théorie Analytique des Pro...