Course: Probability Theory

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Course title Probability Theory
Course code KMA/PGSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fišerová Eva, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Probability measures 2. General measures 3. Outer measure 4. Measure functions 5. Integral and its properties 6. Integral with respect to Lebesgue measure 7. Product measure and Fubini's Theorem 8. Random variables and distributions 9. Expected values 10. Sums of independent random variables 11. The Radon-Nikodym Theorem 12. Conditional probability

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Master essential limit theorems of probability theory, relations among convergence of random variables and a general concept of probability density functions.
Knowledge To know limit theorems of probability theory based on the measure theory and theory of integral, relations among convergence of random variables and a general concept of probability density functions.
Prerequisites
Master's degree in mathematics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Exam: to know and to understand the subject
Recommended literature
  • Billingsley, P. (2012). Probability and Measure. Wiley, Hoboken.
  • M. Loeve. (1963). Probability theory. 3rd edition.. Princeton, N. J.-Toronto- New York-London: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
  • P. R. Halmos. (1974). Measure Theory. Springer, New York, etc.


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