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The theory of probability /

From classical foundations to modern theory, this comprehensive guide to probability interweaves mathematical proofs, historical context and detailed illustrative applications.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Venkatesh, Santosh S., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |6 880-01  |a Probability spaces -- Conditional probability -- A first look at independence -- Probability sieves -- Numbers play a game of chance -- The normal law -- Probabilities on the real line -- The Bernoulli schema -- The essence of randomness -- The coda of the normal -- Distribution functions and measure -- Random variables -- Great expectations -- Variations on a theme of integration -- Laplace transforms -- The law of large numbers -- From inequalities to concentration -- Poisson approximation -- Convergence in law, selection theorems -- Normal approximation -- Appendix: Sequences, functions, spaces. 
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880 0 0 |6 505-01/(S  |g Machine generated contents note:  |g A.  |t Elements --  |g I.  |t Probability Spaces --  |g 1.  |t From early beginnings to a model theory --  |g 2.  |t Chance experiments --  |g 3.  |t sample space --  |g 4.  |t Sets and operations on sets --  |g 5.  |t algebra of events --  |g 6.  |t probability measure --  |g 7.  |t Probabilities in simple cases --  |g 8.  |t Generated a-algebras, Borel sets --  |g 9.  |t little point set topology --  |g 10.  |t Problems --  |g II.  |t Conditional Probability --  |g 1.  |t Chance domains with side information --  |g 2.  |t Gender biasSimpson's paradox --  |g 3.  |t theorem of total probability --  |g 4.  |t Le probleme des rencontres, matchings --  |g 5.  |t Polya's urn scheme, spread of contagion --  |g 6.  |t Ehrenfest model of diffusion --  |g 7.  |t Bayes's rule for events, the MAP principle --  |g 8.  |t Laplace's law of succession --  |g 9.  |t Back to the future, the Copernican principle --  |g 10.  |t Ambiguous communication --  |g 11.  |t Problems --  |g III.  |t First Look at Independence --  |g 1.  |t rule of products --  |g 2.  |t What price intuition--  |g 3.  |t application in genetics, Hardy's law --  |g 4.  |t Independent trials --  |g 5.  |t Independent families, Dynkin's π-λ theorem --  |g 6.  |t Problems --  |g IV.  |t Probability Sieves --  |g 1.  |t Inclusion and exclusion --  |g 2.  |t sieve of Eratosthenes --  |g 3.  |t On trees and a formula of Cayley --  |g 4.  |t Boole's inequality, the Borel-Cantelli lemmas --  |g 5.  |t Applications in Ramsey theory --  |g 6.  |t Bontferroni's inequalities, Poisson approximation --  |g 7.  |t Applications in random graphs, isolation --  |g 8.  |t Connectivity, from feudal states to empire --  |g 9.  |t Sieves, the Lovasz local lemma --  |g 10.  |t Return to Ramsey theory --  |g 11.  |t Latin transversals and a conjecture of Euler --  |g 12.  |t Problems --  |g V.  |t Numbers Play a Game of Chance --  |g 1.  |t formula of Viete --  |g 2.  |t Binary digits, Rademacher functions --  |g 3.  |t independence of the binary digits --  |g 4.  |t link to coin tossing --  |g 5.  |t binomial makes an appearance --  |g 6.  |t inequality of Chebyshev --  |g 7.  |t Borel discovers numbers are normal --  |g 8.  |t Problems --  |g VI.  |t Normal Law --  |g 1.  |t One curve to rule them all --  |g 2.  |t little Fourier theory I --  |g 3.  |t little Fourier theory II --  |g 4.  |t idea of Markov --  |g 5.  |t Levy suggests a thin sandwich, de Moivre redux --  |g 6.  |t local limit theorem --  |g 7.  |t Large deviations --  |g 8.  |t limits of wireless cohabitation --  |g 9.  |t When memory fails --  |g 10.  |t Problems --  |g VII.  |t Probabilities on the Real Line --  |g 1.  |t Arithmetic distributions --  |g 2.  |t Lattice distributions --  |g 3.  |t Towards the continuum --  |g 4.  |t Densities in one dimension --  |g 5.  |t Densities in two and more dimensions --  |g 6.  |t Randomisation, regression --  |g 7.  |t How well can we estimate--  |g 8.  |t Galton on the heredity of height --  |g 9.  |t Rotation, shear, and polar transformations --  |g 10.  |t Sums and products --  |g 11.  |t Problems --  |g VIII.  |t Bernoulli Schema --  |g 1.  |t Bernoulli trials --  |g 2.  |t binomial distribution --  |g 3.  |t On the efficacy of polls --  |g 4.  |t simple random walk --  |g 5.  |t arc sine laws, will a random walk return--  |g 6.  |t Law of small numbers, the Poisson distribution --  |g 7.  |t Waiting time distributions --  |g 8.  |t Run lengths, quality of dyadic approximation --  |g 9.  |t curious case of the tennis rankings --  |g 10.  |t Population size, the hypergeometric distribution --  |g 11.  |t Problems --  |g IX.  |t Essence of Randomness --  |g 1.  |t uniform density, a convolution formula --  |g 2.  |t Spacings, a covering problem --  |g 3.  |t Lord Rayleigh's random flights --  |g 4.  |t M. Poincare joue a la roulette --  |g 5.  |t Memoryless variables, the exponential density --  |g 6.  |t Poisson ensembles --  |g 7.  |t Waiting times, the Poisson process --  |g 8.  |t Densities arising in queuing theory --  |g 9.  |t Densities arising in fluctuation theory --  |g 10.  |t Heavy-tailed densities, self-similarity --  |g 11.  |t Problems --  |g X.  |t Coda of the Normal --  |g 1.  |t normal density --  |g 2.  |t Squared normals, the chi-squared density --  |g 3.  |t little linear algebra --  |g 4.  |t multivariate normal --  |g 5.  |t application in statistical estimation --  |g 6.  |t Echoes from Venus --  |g 7.  |t strange case of independence via mixing --  |g 8.  |t continuous, nowhere differentiable function --  |g 9.  |t Brownian motion, from phenomena to models --  |g 10.  |t Haar system, a curious identity --  |g 11.  |t bare hands construction --  |g 12.  |t paths of Brownian motion are very kinky --  |g 13.  |t Problems --  |g B.  |t Foundations --  |g XI.  |t Distribution Functions and Measure --  |g 1.  |t Distribution functions --  |g 2.  |t Measure and its completion --  |g 3.  |t Lebesgue measure, countable sets --  |g 4.  |t measure on a ring --  |g 5.  |t Prom measure to outer measure, and back --  |g 6.  |t Problems --  |g XII.  |t Random Variables --  |g 1.  |t Measurable maps --  |g 2.  |t induced measure --  |g 3.  |t Discrete distributions --  |g 4.  |t Continuous distributions --  |g 5.  |t Modes of convergence --  |g 6.  |t Baire functions, coordinate transformations --  |g 7.  |t Two and more dimensions --  |g 8.  |t Independence, product measures --  |g 9.  |t Do independent variables exist--  |g 10.  |t Remote events are either certain or impossible --  |g 11.  |t Problems --  |g XIII.  |t Great Expectations --  |g 1.  |t Measures of central tendency --  |g 2.  |t Simple expectations --  |g 3.  |t Expectations unveiled --  |g 4.  |t Approximation, monotone convergence --  |g 5.  |t Arabesques of additivity --  |g 6.  |t Applications of additivity --  |g 7.  |t expected complexity of Quicksort --  |g 8.  |t Expectation in the limit, dominated convergence --  |g 9.  |t Problems --  |g XIV.  |t Variations on a Theme of Integration --  |g 1.  |t UTILE ERIT SCRIBIT [∫] PRO OMNIA --  |g 2.  |t Change of variable, moments, correlation --  |g 3.  |t Inequalities via convexity --  |g 4.  |t Lp-spaces --  |g 5.  |t Iterated integrals, a cautionary example --  |g 6.  |t volume of an n-dimensional ball --  |g 7.  |t asymptotics of the gamma function --  |g 8.  |t question from antiquity --  |g 9.  |t How fast can we communicate--  |g 10.  |t Convolution, symmetrisation --  |g 11.  |t Labeyrie ponders the diameter of stars --  |g 12.  |t Problems --  |g XV.  |t Laplace Transforms --  |g 1.  |t transform of a distribution --  |g 2.  |t Extensions --  |g 3.  |t renewal equation and process --  |g 4.  |t Gaps in the Poisson process --  |g 5.  |t Collective risk and the probability of ruin --  |g 6.  |t queuing process --  |g 7.  |t Ladder indices and a combinatorial digression --  |g 8.  |t amazing properties of fluctuations --  |g 9.  |t Polya walks the walk --  |g 10.  |t Problems --  |g XVI.  |t Law of Large Numbers --  |g 1.  |t Chebyshev's inequality, reprise --  |g 2.  |t Khinchin's law of large numbers --  |g 3.  |t physicist draws inspiration from Monte Carlo --  |g 4.  |t Triangles and cliques in random graphs --  |g 5.  |t gem of Weierstrass --  |g 6.  |t Some number-theoretic sums --  |g 7.  |t dance of the primes --  |g 8.  |t Fair games, the St. 
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