Foundations of the theory of probability

vi
Preface

Thesixthchaptercontains

a

survey,withoutproofs,ofsome

results
ofA.Khinchineandtheauthorofthelimitationsonthe

applicabilityoftheordinaryandofthestronglawoflargenum-

bers.Thebibliographycontainssomerecentworkswhichshould

beofinterestfromthepointofviewofthefoundationsofthe

subject.

Iwishto express mywarm thanksto Mr. Khinchine, who

hasread carefullythewhole manuscript
andproposed several

improvements.

KljasmanearMoscow,Easter1933.

A. Kolmogorov