UID:
almahu_9947363187402882
Format:
XI, 192 p.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9783034877862
Content:
According to Leo Breiman (1968), probability theory has a right and a left hand. The right hand refers to rigorous mathematics, and the left hand refers to 'proba bilistic thinking'. The combination of these two aspects makes probability theory one of the most exciting fields in mathematics. One can study probability as a purely mathematical enterprise, but even when you do that, all the concepts that arise do have a meaning on the intuitive level. For instance, we have to define what we mean exactly by independent events as a mathematical concept, but clearly, we all know that when we flip a coin twice, the event that the first gives heads is independent of the event that the second gives tails. Why have I written this book? I have been teaching probability for more than fifteen years now, and decided to do something with this experience. There are already many introductory texts about probability, and there had better be a good reason to write a new one. I will try to explain my reasons now.
Note:
1 Experiments -- 2 Random Variables and Random Vectors -- 3 Random Walk -- 4 Limit Theorems -- 5 Continuous Random Variables and Vectors -- 6 Infinitely Many Repetitions -- 7 The Poisson Process -- 8 Limit Theorems -- 9 Extending the Probabilities -- A Interpreting Probabilities -- B Further Reading -- C Answers to Selected Exercises.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783764321888
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-0348-7786-2
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7786-2
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