DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

MAL 509 (Probability Theory) 4 Credits (3-1-0)

 

INFORMATION SHEET

 

Probability as a set function, Borel-field and extension of probability measure. Random variables as Borel measurable functions. Distribution function. Multi-dimensional random variables. Conditional probability and statistical independence. Moments, correlation and regression. Characteristic function, uniqueness and inversion theorems. Convergence of sequence of random variables and various modes of convergence. Laws of large numbers. Central limit theorem, Liapunov’s and Lindeberg-Feller’s theorem, Law of iterated logarithms.

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

 

1. Main Text Book: An Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Vijay K. Rohatgi and A.K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh, John Wiley, second edition, 2001.
2. Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes with Applications, Liliana Blanco Castaneda, Viswanathan Arunachalam, Selvamuthu Dharmaraja, Wiley, New Jersey, June 2012.
3. Modern Probability Theory, B.R. Bhat, New Age Publishers, third edition, 1981.
4. An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications, Vol. I & II, William Feller, John Wiley, second edition, 2000.

Tutorial Sheets

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See Course Website: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~dharmar/mal509/main.html for further details.

 

 

 

(S. Dharmaraja)

COURSE INSTRUCTOR