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V_3_01 — Statistics & Probability: Pascal to Bayes
Probability and statistics — the mathematics of uncertainty — emerged as formal disciplines from the Pascal-Fermat correspondence (1654) on the "problem of points" (how to divide stakes in an interrupted game of chance),
V_3_08 — Fractal Geometry: Self-Similarity Across Scales
Fractal geometry, developed primarily by Benoit Mandelbrot (1975-1982), studies shapes with self-similar structure at multiple scales — coastlines, fern leaves, blood vessel networks, galaxy distributions, and financial
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