401-3601-00L Probability Theory
Semester | Herbstsemester 2016 |
Dozierende | A.‑S. Sznitman |
Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kommentar | Das Bachelor-Kernfach 401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory ist für Studierende mit einem ETH Zürich Bachelor-Abschluss in Mathematik für den Master-Studiengang Mathematik anrechenbar, falls sie im vorangegangenen Bachelor-Studium keine der drei Lerneinheiten 401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory, 401-3642-00L Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus bzw. 401-3602-00L Applied Stochastic Processes für den Bachelor-Abschluss anrechnen liessen. Ausserdem ist höchstens eines der drei Fächer 401-3461-00L Funktionalanalysis I / Functional Analysis I 401-3531-00L Differentialgeometrie I / Differential Geometry I 401-3601-00L Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie / Probability Theory im Master-Studiengang Mathematik anrechenbar. |
Kurzbeschreibung | Basics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time |
Lernziel | This course presents the basics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time. The following topics are planned: Basics in measure theory, random series, law of large numbers, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit theorem, conditional expectation, martingales, convergence theorems for martingales, Galton Watson chain, transition probability, Theorem of Ionescu Tulcea, Markov chains. |
Inhalt | This course presents the basics of probability theory and the theory of stochastic processes in discrete time. The following topics are planned: Basics in measure theory, random series, law of large numbers, weak convergence, characteristic functions, central limit theorem, conditional expectation, martingales, convergence theorems for martingales, Galton Watson chain, transition probability, Theorem of Ionescu Tulcea, Markov chains. |
Skript | available, will be sold in the course |
Literatur | R. Durrett, Probability: Theory and examples, Duxbury Press 1996 H. Bauer, Probability Theory, de Gruyter 1996 J. Jacod and P. Protter, Probability essentials, Springer 2004 A. Klenke, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Springer 2006 D. Williams, Probability with martingales, Cambridge University Press 1991 |