Quotations

Andrey Kolmogorov


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The theory of probability as mathematical discipline can and should be developed from axioms in exactly the same way as Geometry and Algebra.
Foundations of the Theory of Probability
Every mathematician believes that he is ahead of the others. The reason none state this belief in public is because they are intelligent people.
The epistemological value of probability theory is based on the fact that chance phenomena, considered collectively and on a grand scale, create non-random regularity.
Limit Distributions for Sums of Independent Random Variables (1954)