thesaurus.maths.org

alphabetical | galleries | topics | For Quick Reference: drag this m-button to your links toolbar

Bayes   (English)

Definition (keystage 1)

Thomas Bayes (1702-1761): An English mathematician and theologian, remembered mainly for Bayes' theorem, and the technique of Bayesian inference which arises from it.
He wrote on probability theory, on the logical basis of calculus, and on asymptotic series.

Funded by: EU Socrates Minerva, HeyMath!, Cambridge University Press
Copyright: 2001-2004 University of Cambridge and Partners