About “Ars Conjectandi”
Ars Conjectandi is a book on probability and combinatorics written by Jacob Bernoulli and published in 1713, eight years after his death, by his nephew, Nicolaus I Bernoulli. The work includes combinatorial topics and central ideas in probability theory, such as the first version of the law of large numbers, which is considered the foundation of probability. It also addressed problems now classified in the twelvefold way and contributed to the development of combinatorics. Mathematical historians have called it an important historical landmark in both probability and combinatorics. Its influence extended to later mathematicians, including Abraham de Moivre. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)