清末著名数学家华蘅芳先生所编译的《决疑数学》,是我国第一部编译的概率论著作。原书凡10卷,160款,为1880年英国伽罗威(Golloway)所著的《Probability》(载《大英百科全书》第八版)。卷首“总引”说明把概率论用于“国家治民、或民自治、或兴起风俗、改定章程”,可治“好赌之弊”、代 In the late Qing Dynasty, a famous mathematician, Mr. Hua Fangfang, compiled “The Mystery of Mathematics”, which is the first compilation of probability theory in our country. The original book of 10 volumes, 160 models, for the 1880 Britain’s Galloay (Golloway) by the “Probability” (contained in the eighth edition of Britannica). The general introduction of the volume shows that applying the theory of probability to “governing the state by the state, or people’s self-government, or the rise of customs, the reform of the constitution” can cure the “bad gamble”