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In <1992Sep30.135833.202931@uctvax.uct.ac.za> naturman@uctvax.uct.ac.za writes:


>One of the reasons I gave up physics to become a mathematician was that I was
>sick and tired of physicists who had no understanding of basic probability
>theory but who continually bullshited about QM.

This gives me an opportunity to ask the net a question I have long
wished to ask:

How many of you (with BS, MS, or PhD in physics) were required to take
a course in probability theory given by the math or statistics departments
in your universities?  A course in statistical mechanics does NOT count.

Specifically the words "random variable" and "measure space" must have
been included.

I ask this simply because I had to leave the field of physics before I
was exposed to the true beauty of probability theory.  Neither Stanford's
undergraduate degree program nor the U. of Maryland's graduate program
required a course in probability theory.  This is truely remarkable
since Stanford's statistics department is about 100 feet from the
physics building!

I'm truely curious.  How many of your departments require courses in
probability theory?

Douglas Danforth