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Derived an asymptotic approximation for terms and sums of the binomial distribution in the symmetric setting, introducing the normal-shaped exponential approximation.
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The record is de Moivre's privately circulated 1733 pamphlet and its binomial approximation. It does not absorb Laplace's later generalization, every form of the central limit theorem or later error bounds.
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- Royal Holloway bibliography and texts for de Moivre
- University of York historical edition of de Moivre on normal probability
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Abraham de Moivre
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De Moivre: normal approximation to the binomial
Derived an asymptotic approximation for terms and sums of the binomial distribution in the symmetric setting, introducing the normal-shaped exponential approximation.
Scientific scope
The record is de Moivre's privately circulated 1733 pamphlet and its binomial approximation. It does not absorb Laplace's later generalization, every form of the central limit theorem or later error bounds.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Abraham de Moivre
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.