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Series III. Research, 1927-2000
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Scope and Content Notes: Series III covers de Finetti's research activities. Five research areas were identified and are divided into following subseries: 1. Probability Theory and Statistics, 2. Philosophy of Probability Theory and Philosophy of Science, 3. Applied Research, 4. Actuarial Science, and 5. Writings and Teachings in Economics.
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Subseries 1. Probability Theory and Statistics, 1928-1983
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Scope and Content Notes: Featured are many drafts and typescripts by de Finetti and others, lecture and teaching notes; correspondence with Beniamino Segre, Herman Chernoff, Ennio Persico, Antonino Gennaro, Francesco Paolo Cantelli, and Jimmie Savage; and contributions to various conferences and workshops.
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"Eventi dipendenti (Equivalenti, ecc)", 1928-1933
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"Funz. aleatorie", 1927-1938
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"Logica insiemi assiomatica", 1938-1960
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Articles and Typescripts by de Finetti and Others on Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Probability, 1946-1947
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"Concetti per lo studio delle distribuzioni", 1953
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"College Entrance", 1960-1966
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"Chernoff", 1961-1965
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Notes on Probability, 1959-1970
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"Probabilità Padova 1937", 1933-1944
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Teaching of Probability Theory At the University of Trieste, 1932-1933
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Course on Probability Calculus at the University of Padova, 1937-1938
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"Dispense Padova: Corrispondenza e appunti dal 1939 Antonino Gennaro ecc.", 1939-1969
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Course Notes on Probability Calculus, 1962-1963
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Bressanone Workshop: Notes from Lectures by de Finetti and Jimmie Savage, 1961
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De Finetti's Lecture at the Istituto Universitario Studi Europei in Turin, 1954
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Course on Probability Theory at the Politecnico di Milano, 1966-1967
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"Londra 1969", 1968-1969
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Seminar "Matematica Finanziaria ed Attuariale" and Notes on Probability Calculus, 1959, 1970
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Annotated page proofs of "Sul modo di scegliere le probabilità' iniziali" by de Finetti and Jimmie Savage, 1962
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Annotated page proofs of "The Ability of Different Response and Scoring Methods to Discriminate Levels of Partial Knowledge on a Test Item" by de Finetti, 1963-1965
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Annotated article by de Finetti "Bayesianism: Its Unifying Role for Both the Foundations and the Applications of Statistics", 1973
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De Finetti's Remarks at the Conference on the Foundations of Statistical Inference, Florence, 1977-1978
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Page Proofs of Probabilità e induzione - Induction and Probability (Part 1-3) by de Finetti, no date
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"Sull' impostazione assiomatica c.d.p.", 1942, 1947
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"Documentazione per il Prof. de Finetti", 1980-1981
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Mathematical Notes on Statistics, Game Theory, and Probability Theory, 1968
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"Francia", 1931-1941
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"Diversi", 1952-1953
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"Chernoff", 1961
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Concorso pronostici calcio: Experiments on Personal Estimates of Probability, 1961-1969
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Ultrafiltri, 1977-1978
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Notes on Probability, Prevision, and Prediction, 1982-1983
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Reviews of de Finetti's Works, 1937, 1974-1977
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Subseries 2. Philosophy of Probability Theory Philosophy of Science, 1927-2000
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries contains many lectures notes, drafts, and discussions on research papers with, among others, R.M. Frechet, Jerzy Neyman, Jimmie Leonard Savage, Leon Henkin, I.J. Good, George Polya, Stanislav Ulam, and Franz Kutschera.
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"Centro studi metodologici Torino 1949", 1949
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"Logica plurivalente", 1927-1935
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Congrès International de Philosophie des Sciences, Paris, 1949-1950
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"Unesco", 1954-1955
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"Henkin 1956", 1956
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"Psicologia e probabilità", 1956-1957
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"Half-Baked Ideas Per Good", 1961-1962
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"Poppi 1966", 1966
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"Norges", 1970, 1977
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Accademia dei Lincei Lectures: "La probabilità, ossia 'del ragionamento plausibile'", 1973-1975
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"Probab. Concez. Moderna - Conf. Sem. Mat." no date
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"Probability: Philosophy and Interpretation. An Article for the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.", 1963, 2000
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Various Writings on Probability by de Finetti, 1970-1977
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"Miei scritti", 1976-1983
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Article on Probability for Enciclopedia Einaudi, 1977
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Notes on Interpretations of Probability, 1973-1980
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"Einaudi: Probabilità capitolo II (fotocopia)", 1979
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"Ulam 1963-64", 1963-1964
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"Loinger:" Correspondence with A. Loinger and Luigi Lugiato, 1970-1971
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"Kutschera-Stegmüller-Hamburg", 1971-1973
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Subseries 3. Applied Research, 1930-1976
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Scope and Content Notes: Material comprised in this subseries documents de Finetti's work in applied research, often in projects of the public and private sector such as business mechanization and administrative computer applications, as well as soccer betting, and in discussions at various workshops and conferences. It also features correspondence with Beniamino Segre, Mauro Picone, and Mario Dolcher.
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"IBM AG TS-VB:" IBM Seminar on Mechanization of Insurance Companies held at Blaricum, October 29-31, 1963
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"Teddington 1953:" Symposium on Digital Computation held at Teddington, London, March 1953
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"Ministero Finanze:" Project on Unified Coding System for Government and Tax Records, 1963-1965
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"Varie E 42 calcio:" Algorithm for a Soccer Championship Calendar and contest to improve Rome's Public Transportation System, 1931-1939
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Article "Stratificazioni convesse", 1949
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De Finetti's Research Proposal on Electronic Computing, Article on Mathematics and Science Education, and his Appointment as Court Expert, no date
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"Analisi: periodi PICONE:" Picone's Work on Harmonic Analysis, 1954
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"Lange:" de Finetti's Contribution to Memorial Lectures on Cybernetic and System Behavior in Honor of Oskar Lange, 1966
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De Finetti's Entry on Mathematics for Enciclopedia Garzanti and Project for Mathematics Textbook, 1963-1965
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"Dispense Analisi TS.:" Three Course Packets by de Finetti, Mario Daboni, and Mario Dolcher and Academic Business at the University of Trieste, 1946-1948
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"Filosofia:" De Finetti's Notes and Correspondence on Philosophical Subjects such as Freedom of Will, Ethics, Epistemology, Human Nature, Mind-Body Problem, and Discussion of Kant's Work, 1944-1948
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Convegno di studi di scienza dell' administratizione, Varenna, 26-29 Settembre 1955: Conference on Public Administration Studies, Varenna, 1954-1955
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"Centro Risc.:" Creation of a Centro Riscossioni (Centris), a Unified and Automated Center for Collecting Customer Payments for Commercial Institutions, 1948
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"Centro Riscossioni SEIM:" Creation of a Unified and Automated Center for Collecting Customer Payments for Commercial Institutions, 1956-1957
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"Dispense corso bancario:" Course on Banking Taught by de Finetti at the University of Rome, 1966-1967
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Subseries 4. Actuarial Science, 1930-1964
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Scope and Content Notes: Included here are documents on research activities in actuarial sciences such as risk measurement for insurance companies, and financial analysis, accounting, and statistics applied to actuarial sciences; and correspondence with Francesco Paolo Cantelli, Ignazio Messina, Michele Sulfina, Giulio Vivanti, Valentino Arangio-Ruiz, Cesare Bellini, Piero Platone, Riebesell, Guido Marchesini, Francesco Santoro Passarelli, Antigono Donati, Mauro Picone, Gaetano Pietra, Servadei, Fortunati, Ennio Persico, D'Albergo, Filippo Sibirani, Ciocca, and Marcello Signori.
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"Rischio Pieni 1931/IX-1938/XVI; Concorso CNR 1939:" CNR (Centro nazionale delle ricerche) Award for de Finetti's Article "Il problema dei pieni.", 1930-1941
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"Sindicati:" Material on Social Security for Workers and Insurance for Layoff Compensation, 1933-1935
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"Il problema della perequazione:" de Finetti's Lecture for a SIPS (Società italiana per il progresso delle scienze) Congress at Naples, on "perequazione", a Statistical Technique to Manipulate Raw Data and Make It More Homogeneous, 1934
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XIIIième Congrès International d'Actuaires à Amsterdam, 1951
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Typscript "Abozzi di stelloncini per la 'Rassegna' " by de Finetti, 1952
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Notes on Insurance, 1956
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"Corsi professionali", 1938-1940
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"Accademia Lincei:" INA Award for Actuarial Sciences to de Finetti and Guiseppe Ottaviani, 1964
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"Calcolo delle probabilità, Processi aleatori, Numeri aleatori in generale.", 1941-1944
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Subseries 5. Writings and Teachings in Economics, 1930-1978
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Scope and Content Notes: Typescripts, manuscripts, course syllabi, discussion transcriptions, and correspondence primarily document de Finetti's contributions to the field of economics, his participations at various conferences, and his teaching activities. Discussion transcripts record debates between de Finetti, Valli, Ulisse Gobbi, Sergio Bruno, and Figà-Talamanca; and between Malinraud, Durbin, Zellner, Savage, and de Finetti. Among correspondents are Benedetto Barberi, Ugo Amaldi, Carlo Picotti, Francesco Paolo Cantelli, Manlio Udina, Gian Antonio Maggi, Giorgio Colombo, Carlo Fabrizi, Federico Chessa, Bruno Sicherl, Tullio Levi-Civita, Giulio Vivanti, and Giuseppe Guadagnini.
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"Fenomeni da studiare o problemi da risolvere:" Various Writings by de Finetti on Economics and Circulation of de Finetti's
Il tragico sofisma, 1934-1945
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Writings on Mathematics Applied To Economics, 1956
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"Principi e metodi delle scelte economiche:" Talk by de Finetti at a URPT Conference (Unione regionale province Toscane) in Florence, on Principles of Economic Choices, 1969
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"Ciclo Urbino 72", 1972-1973
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CIME Utopia: De Finetti's lectures at CIME (Centro internazionale matematico estivo) between 1972 and 1977, 1971-1977
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CIME Summer Sessions on Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, and Statistical Methods and Inference, 1965-1975
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CIME Summer Classes: Various Notes and Correspondence, 1930, 1974-1978
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Course on Operational Research at the Istituto superiore per la direzione aziendale, 1958
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Università internazionale per gli studi sociali, Rome, 1958-1961
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"Politica delle valute e assicurazioni:" Seminars sponsored by the IBM World Trade European Education Centre in Blaricum, Netherlands, and La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, 1961-1963
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Lecture by Guido Carli at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Economici "A. Olivetti", Ancona, 1972
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