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Study of Distortions, Pascal's Triangle II 1973

Unpredictability If from n outcomes whose results Probes: Pascal's Triangle, study of intentionality — unintentionality in art,
Investigation of chance (or accident) are chance, A are one kind, the best probabilities of occurrence (empirical), random sequence of results and trials,
in the creation of art. estimate of the probability that frequency (or repetition) of occurrence of any phenomena, errors of observations,
Probability theory, or the study of exactly A out of the next n outcomes intuition determining variance (chance), uncertainty factors, tychism, probability
chance, can be applied to any activity will be the same is of success, failure and joint occurrence or alternative occurrence.
that is expected to be repeated, when A n—A subjective
A (n — A) n!
various possible outcomes are equally objective
likely and are sufficiently uncertain so a priori or theoretical (direct)
A ! (n — A)!nn
that the result is unpredictable. inductive or empirical
This type of probability is called quantitative or mathematical probability
empirical, (inductive) or a-posteriori qualitative (probabilis, probabiliorism)
probability and can be applied to art. a posteriori or inverse
We may assume several members as relative frequency of events
elements of a random set of outcomes. measure of belief
The relative frequency of repeated truth frequency of types of arguments
occurrence in an activity is its probability as: primitive notion
probability approximation, and can limit of frequencies
seldom be known exactly. Probability physical magnitude determined by axioms
is therefore a truth approximation. concept
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