An Introduction to Measure and Probability

✍ Scribed by J. C. Taylor (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 315
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Assuming only calculus and linear algebra, this book introduces the reader in a technically complete way to measure theory and probability, discrete martingales, and weak convergence. It is self- contained and rigorous with a tutorial approach that leads the reader to develop basic skills in analysis and probability. While the original goal was to bring discrete martingale theory to a wide readership, it has been extended so that the book also covers the basic topics of measure theory as well as giving an introduction to the Central Limit Theory and weak convergence. Students of pure mathematics and statistics can expect to acquire a sound introduction to basic measure theory and probability. A reader with a background in finance, business, or engineering should be able to acquire a technical understanding of discrete martingales in the equivalent of one semester. J. C. Taylor is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of numerous articles on potential theory, both probabilistic and analytic, and is particularly interested in the potential theory of symmetric spaces.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Probability Spaces....Pages 1-28
Integration....Pages 29-85
Independence and Product Measures....Pages 86-136
Convergence of Random Variables and Measurable Functions....Pages 137-209
Conditional Expectation and an Introduction to Martingales....Pages 210-249
An Introduction to Weak Convergence....Pages 250-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-299

✦ Subjects

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Real Functions