
Foundations of the theory of probability
by Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, Nathan Morrison · first published 1950
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Kolmogorov's Foundations of the Theory of Probability is pretty good, IMO. I haven't made it very far, but he has great examples, plenty of rigor, and the book is like $10.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite statistics and probability textbooks?” ↗…is a number in [0,1] and acts much like the 'area' of A. The connection is so close that, in the end, we have to accept that the foundations of probability are measure theory. Then A. N. Kolmogorov, 'Foundations of the Theory of Probability, Second English Edition', Chelsea Publishing Company, New York, 1956. English translation of the original German '"Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitrechnung,"' 'Ergebnisse Der Mathematik', 1933. applied…
on “Suggest good sites/books on probability” ↗Consider Kolmogorov’s entire Foundations of the Theory of Probability is 71 pages long [1]. [1] https://archive.org/details/foundationsofthe00kolm
on “What is the inverse of a vector?” ↗