TY  - BOOK
AU  - S. R. S. Varadhan 
TI  - Probability theory
T2  - Courant Lecture Notes
SN  - 9781470419141
AV  - QA273 
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Rhode Island
PB  - American Mathematical Society
KW  - Mathematics
N1  - Chapter 1. Measure theory
Chapter 2. Weak convergence
Chapter 3. Independent sums
Chapter 4. Dependent random variables
Chapter 5. Martingales
Chapter 6. Stationary stochastic processes
Chapter 7. Dynamic programming and filtering

N2  - In the first part of the book, characteristic functions are introduced, followed by the study of weak convergence of probability distributions. Then both the weak and strong limit theorems for sums of independent random variables are proved, including the weak and strong laws of large numbers, central limit theorems, laws of the iterated logarithm, and the Kolmogorov three series theorem. The first part concludes with infinitely divisible distributions and limit theorems for sums of uniformly infinitesimal independent random variables.

The second part of the book mainly deals with dependent random variables, particularly martingales and Markov chains. Topics include standard results regarding discrete parameter martingales and Doob's inequalities. The standard topics in Markov chains are treated, i.e., transience, and null and positive recurrence. A varied collection of examples is given to demonstrate the connection between martingales and Markov chains. --- summary provided by publisher
ER  -