My first book available now: Probability Theory, Live!

By Ion Saliu, The Author At-Large

I accomplished a great goal: I published my first book. The title of the book is Probability Theory, Live! Evidently, the book deals with theory of probability, a branch of mathematics.

The publisher is Xlibris. That name is very meaningful to me. I had around 10,000 books in my personal library when I lived in Romania. I have never reached that amount in USA—ever! Not even remotely close! I loved my collection of books. My ex-wife also loved them books. Granted, she contributed to the enrichment of my library. Communism forced me into self-exile—although it was a risky adventure. I crossed the border into former Yugoslavia, still one of my favorite countries. My ex-wife asked me not to send her many US dollars from America because would-be scavengers would swallow the dollars! She made money by selling the books in my personal library. Each and every book in my collection had this autograph on the first page:

Ex libris meis.

One of my books (textually, From my books, in Latin).

Followed by the Ion Saliu autograph:

My book-love, including this Ex libris meis, is inherited. My parents have loved books—reading, that is. My father's books have this Ex libris meis Latin branding, followed by the Romanian translation: Din cartile mele. Then, my father's signature under the two lines. I also imitated my father's signature. I have never wanted to sign my name differently from my father's signature. His is better-looking than mine, however. I also admit that my father's calligraphy is unquestionably nicer than mine! Computer writing badly affected my handwriting! My signature is the most faithful reminiscence from the past of my manual writing.

I love reading as much as my parents, but our tastes have gone more and more divergent. I am farther intellectually. That's a natural thing. Society evolves as a generation becomes more intellectual than the previous one. The more intellectually divergent generations are, the more advanced a society is. If you look at so-called primitive cultures, the generational differences are virtually negligible. Although, the differences begin to look strident in the third millennium. For example, Amazonian tribes, who barely dressed one generation ago, wear now blue jeans, T-shirts, and baseball caps! It's all about comfort, an essential component of survival.

The women in harshly Islamic nations still wear headscarves and hide their bodies in textile armors. But they use cell phones asking their mothers-in-law for permission to buy sodas!

The societies evolve by creating intellectual gaps between generations. The gaps are essentially rational. The mind has two fundamental components: rational (reason) and irrational (beliefs). The most important change is in Reason. USA has a group of individuals — Amish — who still live like in the sixteenth century. The Amish kids, however, make cell phone calls when family members get seriously ill.

None of my books has been Ex libris meis-branded since I moved to USA! Furthermore, I have abandoned truckloads of books since my residency in the United States of America. Reason accepts abandonment as a component of evolution. It is all dated, but Time itself…

My book can be seen here:

http://www.IonSaliuTheory.com

I know, the cover looks great! I created the images based on the Fundamental Formula of the Universe (FFG). The publisher, Xlibris, then created the cover design in consultation with me. I love that book look! I believe it is the greatest cover design of all time! I set it as the background of my Windows 7 desktop. Just right-click the book image at the top of this page.

From the publisher's press release:

CONTENTS

I. The Fundamentals of Probability Theory......7
1. The Best Introduction to Theory of Probability               
2. The Logical Foundation of Probability Theory             
3. Calculating the Essential Elements of Probability 
4. Precise Definition of the Probability Events
5. The Probability of Binomial Distribution
6. The Probability of Hypergeometric Distribution
7. The Probability of Combined Events
8. The Probability of Inseparable Events, Single Trial
9. The Probability of Separable Events, Multiple Trials
10. Nothing without a Degree of Certainty — Ion Saliu's Paradox
11. The Best Tools to Calculate & Verify Probabilities: Software

II. Combinatorics: Mathematics of Numeric Sets......27
1. Introduction to the Mathematical Sets of Numbers: Exponents (Saliusian Sets), Permutations, Arrangements, Combinations
2. Exponents (Exponential Sets or Saliusian Sets; Ion Saliu Sets)
3. Permutations (Factorial Sets; Exponents without Duplicates) 
4. Arrangements Sets (n Permutations m)
5. Combinations (Boxed Arrangements)
6. Lexicographical Order: Each Element in the Set Has a Rank, Index, or Numeral Order

III. The Fundamental Formula of Gambling (FFG)......38
1. Theory of Probability Leading to the Fundamental Formula of Gambling
2. Mathematics Leading to the Fundamental Formula of Gambling
3. The Fundamental Table of Gambling (FTG)
4. The Fundamental Formula of Gambling: Games Other Than Coin Tossing 
5. The Practical Dimension of the Fundamental Formula of Gambling
6. The Profound Implications of the Fundamental Formula of Gambling

IV. Standard Deviation: A Measure of Randomness......54
1. Introduction to the Concept of Standard Deviation
2. The Binomial Standard Deviation Formula (BSD)
3. The Statistical Standard Deviation 
4. The Best Software to Calculate or Determine Standard Deviation
5. Real-Life Case History: Standard Deviation and Politics

V. The Birthday Paradox or Probability of Repetition (Coincidences, Duplication, Collisions)......66
1. Introduction to the Birthday Paradox: Probability of Coincidences, Repetition
2. Mathematics, Formula of the Birthday Paradox: The Saliusian Sets
3. The Best Software to Calculate the Probability of Collisions, Coincidences, Duplication 
4. Relation of the Birthday Paradox Probability to Lottery
5. Relation of the Birthday Paradox Probability to Roulette
6. The Birthday Paradox and the Social Security Number
7. The Birthday Paradox and the Genetic Code, DNA, Forensic Coincidences
8. The Birthday Paradox and the Chance of Duplication of Intelligent Life in the Universe

VI. Important Probability Caveats......87
1. The Fundamental Mathematical Caveat: Probability Equals Degree of Certainty
2. Events Cannot Repeat Ad Infinitum
3. The Probability Theory and the Mechanical Elements 
4. The Past Is One of the Essential Elements of Probability Theory
5.  How About the Streaks? Probability Is the Theory of Streaks
 
VII. Probability Paradoxes, Famous Problems......103
1. Introduction to the Concept of Paradox
2. The Monty Hall Paradox: A TV Game Show
3. The Classical Occupancy Problem or the Coupon Collector's Problem 
4. Ion Saliu's Paradox and the Law of Large Numbers
5. Montmort's Problem or the Couple Swapping Paradox
6. Reversed Montmort's Problems or Paradoxes
7. No Problem! There Are Solutions to Every Probability Problem

VIII. Games of Chance: Real-Life Probability Theory......123
1. Games of Chance and Probability Theory: An Historical Perspective
2. My Contribution to Probability Theory and Games of Chance (Gambling, Lottery, Sports)

IX. Theory and Strategy of Sports Prognostication or Betting......137
1. The Statistical Approach: American Football Betting and Italian Soccer Pools (1, X, 2)
2. The Randomness Approach: Resemblance to Lottery Games

X. Theory and Strategy of Horseracing Wagering or Betting......148
1. The Paper-and-Pencil Approach: Horseracing at Off-Track-Wagering (OTW)
2. The Lottery-Like Strategy Applied to Horseracing Wagering

XI. Theory of Probability Applied to Blackjack (Twenty-One)......156
1. The Fundamental Probability Issue: The True Odds at Blackjack
2. The Fundamental Myth of Blackjack Gambling: Card-Counting
3. The Theory of Streaks: Foundation of my Blackjack Gambling Strategy

XII. Theory of Probability Applied to Roulette......189
1. My Early Roulette Strategies and Systems
2. The Wheel Bias: Roulette Strategy Based on Wheel Half (Hemisphere)
3. The Wheel Bias: Roulette Strategy Based on Number-Pairing
4. The Super Roulette Strategy
5. Roulette Software: Significant Titles

XIII. An Introduction to Lottery Mathematics......225
1. The Protomathematics of Lottery
2. Mathematics of Lottery

XIV. Theory of Probability Applied to Lottery: Strategies, Systems, Software......244
1. Selecting Lotto Numbers Based on Skips
2. SkipSystem.EXE: Powerful Software to Create Lottery Systems Based on Skips
3. The Wonder-Grid: Lottery Systems Based on Pairings
4. Lottery Strategies Based on Eliminating the Least: Number Groups with the Worst Frequency
5. Lottery Strategies Based on the Birthday Paradox
6. Lottery Strategies Based on: Frequency Groups, Skips as Filters, Decades…and More…

XV. Lottery Software, Lottery Filtering......287
1. Lottery Strategies Based on True Filters (Saliusian Filters)
2. How to Run My Lottery Software
3. My Lottery Software: Major Titles

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