Download or read book Probability Theory, Function Theory, Mechanics written by I︠U︡riĭ Vasilʹevich Prokhorov and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a translation of the fifth and final volume in a special cycle of publications in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences in the USSR. The purpose of the special cycle was to present surveys of work on certain important trends and problems pursued at the Institute. Because the choice of the form and character of the surveys were left up to the authors, the surveys do not necessarily form a comprehensive overview, but rather represent the authors' perspectives on the important developments.