The Life and Works of A.K. Erlang

By E. Brockmeyer, H.L. Halstrøm and Arne Jensen

Transactions of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, 1948 No. 2

WEB-based edition by permission from the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences

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    1. Introduction and contents, pp. 1-8. [pdf]
    2. The Life of A.K. Erlang, pp. 9-22. [pdf]
    3. An elucidation of Erlang's statistical works through the theory of stochastic processes, pp. 23-100. [pdf]
    4. A survey of A.K. Erlang's mathematical works, pp. 101-126. [pdf]
    5. A survey of A.K. Erlang's electrotechnical works, pp.127-130. [pdf]
    6. PRINCIPAL WORKS OF A.K. ERLANG
    7. The theory of probabilities and telephone conversations, pp. 131-137 [pdf]
    8. Solution of some problems in the theory of probabilities of significance in automatic telephone exchanges, pp. 138-155. [pdf]
    9. Telephone waiting times, pp. 156-171. [pdf]
    10. The application of the theory of probabilities in telephone administarion, pp. 172-200. [pdf]
    11. Some applications of the method of statistical equilibrium in the theory of probabilities, pp. 201-215. [pdf]
    12. On the rational determination of the number of circuits, pp. 216-221. [pdf]
    13. A proof of Maxwell's law, the principal proposition in the kinetic theory of gases, pp. 222-226. [pdf]
    14. How to reduce to a minimum the mean error of tables, pp. 227-232. [pdf]
    15. An elementary treatise of the main points of the theory of telephone cables, pp. 233-252. [pdf]
    16. An elementary theoretical study of the indction coil in a subscriber's telephone apparatus, pp. 253-260. [pdf]
    17. New alternating-current compensation apparatus for telephonic measurements, pp. 261-267. [pdf]
    18. Tables of Erlang's loss formula, pp. 268-275. [pdf]
    19. List of A.K. Erlang's publications in chronological order, pp. 276-278. [pdf]
    20. Complete book, pp. 1-278. [pdf]
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