Statistics 205B: Probability Theory (Spring 2008)
Instructor: Elchanan Mossel (mossel@stat)
Class Time: 9:30am-11:00am on TuTh at 330 Evans.
Instructor Office hours: Wednesday 9:00am-11:00am, 423 Evans.
GSI: Partha S. Dey (partha@stat)
GSI Office hours: Tuesday 1:00pm-3:00pm, 387 Evans.
Textbook: Probability: Theory and Examples (3rd Edition) by Richard Durrett.
Reference: Foundations of Modern Probability (2nd Edition) by Olav Kallenberg.
Announcements
- X1, X2, X3, ... are i.i.d. in problem 4, HW13.
- In HW11, for problem 3 and 4 you can assume that : Given two probability measures μ,ν on a finite space Ω, there exists a coupling such that Ed(X,Y)=dK(μ,ν). One can prove this easily using continuous function and compactness argument.
- In HW11, for problem 4, you can use the result that
dK(αμ1 +(1-α)μ2,αν1 +(1-α)ν2) ≤ αdK(μ1,ν1) +(1-α)dK(μ2,ν2).
The proof uses appropriate coupling. - hw10.pdf has been updated. There are some more hints and clarifications.
- Additional condition in HW 8: In problem #5 assume that E[Xi(1)] = E[Xi(2)] = 0.
- Clarifications and corrections in HW 7: In problem #1 you have to provide an instance where each of the theorems have been used. In problem #3 show that γ ≤ e. In problem #4 the edges connect (m,n) to (m-1,n-1) and (m+1,n-1) and the water starts flowing from (0,0).
Homework
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