Liber de Ludo Aleae
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Liber de Ludo Aleae is a 16th-century treatise by Gerolamo Cardano that is considered one of the earliest systematic works on probability and the mathematics of games of chance.
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| Liber de Ludo Aleae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14750401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber de Ludo Aleae Context triple: [Gerolamo Cardano, knownFor, Liber de Ludo Aleae]
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A.
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae is a pioneering 17th-century treatise on probability theory, particularly as applied to games of chance.
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B.
Ars Conjectandi
Ars Conjectandi is a foundational 1713 treatise on probability theory by Jakob Bernoulli that systematically developed the mathematical study of chance and introduced key concepts such as the law of large numbers.
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C.
Of the Laws of Chance
Of the Laws of Chance is an early 18th-century treatise on probability and games of chance by John Arbuthnot, helping to popularize mathematical approaches to randomness and risk.
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D.
The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
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E.
The Taming of Chance
The Taming of Chance is a influential philosophical and historical study by Ian Hacking that examines how concepts of probability and statistical thinking transformed modern understandings of chance, causality, and social regulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber de Ludo Aleae Target entity description: Liber de Ludo Aleae is a 16th-century treatise by Gerolamo Cardano that is considered one of the earliest systematic works on probability and the mathematics of games of chance.
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A.
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae is a pioneering 17th-century treatise on probability theory, particularly as applied to games of chance.
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B.
Ars Conjectandi
Ars Conjectandi is a foundational 1713 treatise on probability theory by Jakob Bernoulli that systematically developed the mathematical study of chance and introduced key concepts such as the law of large numbers.
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C.
Of the Laws of Chance
Of the Laws of Chance is an early 18th-century treatise on probability and games of chance by John Arbuthnot, helping to popularize mathematical approaches to randomness and risk.
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D.
The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
-
E.
The Taming of Chance
The Taming of Chance is a influential philosophical and historical study by Ian Hacking that examines how concepts of probability and statistical thinking transformed modern understandings of chance, causality, and social regulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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