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Probability in Physics: An Introductory Guide

Probability in Physics: An Introductory Guide

Paperback

Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics

Astronomy & SpacePhysicsProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 3030045420
ISBN13: 9783030045425
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 11 2019
Pages: 347
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Part I: The Basics.- Randomness and Probability.- Distributions, Moments, and Errors.- Part II: Frequency Distributions in the Physical World.- Counting the Ways: Arrangements and Subsets.- Counting Statistics: Binomial and Poisson Distributions.- Combining Many Factors: The Gaussian Distribution.- Distributions Arising from Random Processes in Time.- Part III: Probabilistic Inference: Reasoning in the Presence of Uncertainty.- Hypothesis Testing.- Parameter Estimation.- Inference With Two Variables: Correlation Testing and Line Fitting.- Model Fitting.- Part IV: Selected Topics.- Information, Uncertainty, and Surprise.- Erratic Time Series.- Probability in Quantum Physics.- Entropy, Complexity, and the Arrow of Time.- Solutions.

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