Lecture

Probability Convergence

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In course

MATH-432: Probability theory

The course is based on Durrett's text book Probability: Theory and Examples.
It takes the measure theory approach to probability theory, wherein expectations are simply abstract integrals. ...

Description

This lecture covers the concept of convergence in probability, discussing the conditions under which a sequence of random variables converges in probability. It explains the Kg-Fan metric and Borel-Cantelli lemmas, illustrating how to determine convergence and null sets. The lecture also delves into the uniqueness of convergence and the completeness of metric spaces. Additionally, it explores the relationship between convergence in probability and convergence almost surely, providing examples and exercises to reinforce the understanding of these concepts.

Instructor

Thomas Mountford

Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students Damien Gauthier, Samir Brahim Belhaouari, Driss Baraka, Daniel Rodrigues Valesin, Samuel Schöpfer, Kamran Kalbasi, Jacques Saliba, Hao Xue, Keming Chen Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Guillaume Charles Woessner Courses Analysis I MATH-101(d) Study the fundamental concepts of analysis, and the differential and integral calculus of real-valued functions of one real variable. Markov chains MATH-332 The course follows the text of Norris

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Statistical inference: Mathematical statistics

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