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The Law of Large Numbers: what this star will be

Average enough trials and chance smooths to the true rate.

By Constellate · 9 September 2026 · the short form

The Law of Large Numbers is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Mathematics, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Average enough trials and chance smooths to the true rate.

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The stars nearest to it are Bayes' Theorem, The Equal-Odds Rule, Ergodicity and Gambler's Fallacy. When The Law of Large Numbers opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

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