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    theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a mathematical theorem that states that the average of the results obtained from a large number of independent...
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  • Large numbers are numbers significantly larger than those typically used in everyday life (for instance in simple counting or in monetary transactions)...
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  • The law of truly large numbers (a statistical adage), attributed to Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller, states that with a large enough number of independent...
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  • Two naming scales for large numbers have been used in English and other European languages since the early modern era: the long and short scales. Most...
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    distribution of the number of occurrences of an event that happens rarely but has very many opportunities to happen. The Law of Small Numbers is a book by...
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  • one cannot win. When the negative rate of return, "long gambling will lose" the role of the law of large numbers will increasingly appear. Professional...
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  • Law of small numbers may refer to: The Law of Small Numbers, a book by Ladislaus Bortkiewicz Poisson distribution, the use of that name for this distribution...
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    results in probability theory describing such behaviour are the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. As a mathematical foundation for statistics...
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    Benford's law, also known as the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation that in many real-life sets of numerical...
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    the related law of total expectation. Law of large numbers Law of total expectation Law of total variance Law of total covariance Law of total cumulance...
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