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Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

mathematical Association

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ3638849
Source-derived summary

The Bernoulli Society is a professional association that aims to further the progress of probability and mathematical statistics, founded as part of the International Statistical Institute in 1975. It is named after the Bernoulli family of mathematicians and scientists, whose researchers covered "most areas of scientific knowledge".

The society publishes two journals, Bernoulli and Stochastic Processes and their Applications, and a newsletter, Bernoulli News. Additionally, it co-sponsors several other journals including Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, and Statistics Surveys.

Presidents of the Bernoulli Society

A list of the presidents of the society from its foundation to the current day.

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“Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability” enters the record as mathematical Association. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bernoulli, Society and Mathematical can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975-06-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Bernoulli, Society and Mathematical.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3638849. VIAF identifies the subject as 133530211. The Library of Congress control number is n82035814. 1 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975.

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This entry incorporates text from Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.