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Huygens' De ratiociniis in ludo aleae

When
1657
Where
Unspecified
Episodes
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Christiaan Huygens developed a theory on games of chance and the problem of points, originally in Dutch. Frans van Schooten translated this work into Latin and published it as De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae in 1657.

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  1. 1657 · UnspecifiedLatin Translation and Publication

    Frans van Schooten translated Huygens' Dutch manuscript into Latin and published it in 1657 as De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae.

Background and detail

Publication. Huygens wrote his theory in Dutch under the title Van Rekeningh in Spelen van Gluck. Frans van Schooten translated the manuscript into Latin and included it in his Exercitationum Mathematicarum, published in 1657.

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  1. Christiaan Huygens Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14

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