TY - GEN
T1 - Hope and Glory
T2 - Did the social history of eternal salvation shape the mathematical probability we rely on today?
AU - Johnson, Timothy
PY - 2023/10/10
Y1 - 2023/10/10
N2 - Why do French-speaking mathematicians use the word espérance, or “hope”, to describe the core result of a calculation in mathematical probability? English speakers use the word “expectation” and it may seem odd to use hope, an emotive term, in mathematics. Mathematics, after all, should be universally, objectively, true.
AB - Why do French-speaking mathematicians use the word espérance, or “hope”, to describe the core result of a calculation in mathematical probability? English speakers use the word “expectation” and it may seem odd to use hope, an emotive term, in mathematics. Mathematics, after all, should be universally, objectively, true.
M3 - Article
SN - 0038-0261
JO - The Sociological Review
JF - The Sociological Review
ER -