Exercises in Probability / Edition 1

by T. Cacoullos

Overview

The author, the founder of the Greek Statistical Institute, has based this book on the two volumes of his Greek edition which has been used by over ten thousand students during the past fifteen years. It can serve as a companion text for an introductory or intermediate level probability course. Those will benefit most who have a good grasp of calculus, yet, many others, with less formal mathematical background can also benefit from the large variety of solved problems ranging from classical combinatorial problems to limit theorems and the law of iterated logarithms. It contains 329 problems with solutions as well as an addendum of over 160 exercises and certain complements of theory and problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461288633
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/26/2011
Series:	Problem Books in Mathematics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Elementary Probabilities.- I Basic Probabilities. Discrete Spaces.- 2 Distributions. Random Variables.- 3 Expectation. Variance. Moments.- 4 General Problems: 126–170.- II Advanced Topics.- 5 Multivariate Distributions.- 6 Generating Functions. Characteristic Functions.- 7 Distribution of Functions of Random Variables.- 8 Limit Theorems. Laws of Large Numbers. Central Limit Theorems.- 9 Special Topics: Inequalities, Geometrical Probabilities, Difference Equations.- 10 General Exercises: 301–329.- Supplements.- Supplement I Miscellaneous Exercises: I-1–I-56.- Supplement II Complements and Problems.- 1. Multivariate Distributions: 1.1–1.27.- 2. Generating Functions: 2.1–2.22.- 3. Transformation of Random Variables: 3.1–3.15.- 4. Convergence of Random Variables: 4.1–4.19.- 5. Miscellaneous Complements and Problems: 5.1–5.29.- III Solutions.- Solutions: 1–329.

Editorial Reviews

Part I of this handsomely produced volume poses, under appropriate topical heads, 170 elementary problems; Part II poses 159 advanced problems; Part III provides detailed solutions. Intended to be of service to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of probability theory. The problems have been collected from many sources; some are "standard", many are original. Adapted from the Greek editions of 1971 and 1985. (NW) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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