Probability theory
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Series
A Problem in Chances, c 1665-c 1727 (Possibly a copy of the paper published in 1710.)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4005.28: 102-103
Scope and Contents
Not in Newton's hand; apparently a Latin variation of results by John Arbuthnot in "Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London", 1710.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1727 (Possibly a copy of the paper published in 1710.)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
College Notebook, 1664-1665
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4000
Scope and Contents
A small note-book, written from both ends, containing early exercises - extraction of the square and cube root, elementary Geometry, etc. - followed by annotations of Wallis's Arithmetica Infinitorum. This is preceded by a note of Newton's fixing by an entry in his account-book the date of the annotations as being in the winter 1664-1665, at which time he says he found the method of infinite series. Also notes on music, chances etc.
Dates:
1664-1665
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.