True or false: the Historical Note

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Pascal and Fermat corresponded about a gambler's problem.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Huygens published an early book on probability.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Kolmogorov gave probability its axiomatic foundation.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Galileo showed a sum of 9 is likelier than 10 with three dice.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Ars Conjectandi was published posthumously.

Explanation