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1. Note on a Formula for Δn0i/ni when n, i are very large Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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The following formula

is given by Laplace (Theorie Analytique des Probabilités, 2 ed. Paris, 1814, p. 195) as an approximate value of Δn0i/ni, when n and i are very large numbers, and is applied immediately afterwards to the case where i is of the order n log n.

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Proceedings 1886-87
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1888

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