Foundations Of The Theory Of Probability Kolmogorov, A. N. Mathematics

8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 84, [2] pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (number on the front free endpaper, canceled stamp of a mathematical institution verso of the title page). Second English edition. Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903-1987) was a Soviet mathematician who contributed to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory, and computational complexity. This work was translated from German by Nathan Morrison, using Russian translation. "The purpose of this monograph is to provide an axiomatic foundation for the theory of probability. The author set himself the task of placing the basic concepts of probability theory, which until recently were considered quite peculiar, in their natural positions among the general notions of modern mathematics." (from the Preface)