APPM 7400 - Section 006
FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF PROBABILITY THEORY

Course Schedule & Materials


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Exam Samples (Fall 2006): e1, e2, e3, e4

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Tentative Course Schedule

Week
Day
Date
Main Topic
Examination Dates
01
M
 AUG/24
Motivating examples for Measure Theory


W
AUG/26
Sigma-fields

F
AUG/28
Measures
02
M
AUG/31
Borel sigma-field


W
SEP/02
C.D.F.'s


F
SEP/04
Sigma-finiteness

03
M
SEP/07
Labor Day


W
SEP/09
Pi-Lambda Theorem
Answerkey Quiz #1

F
SEP/11
Caratheodary's Extension Theorem

04
M
SEP/14
The Lebesgue Measure


W
SEP/16
Borel-Cantelli Lemmas


F
SEP/18
More on the Borel-Cantelli Lemmas

05
M
SEP/21
Independence


T
SEP/22
N/A
Answerkey Exam #1 (5-6:30pm)
AUG/24-SEP/18
@ ECCR 131

W
SEP/23
More on Independence


F
SEP/25
Tail Events
06
M
SEP/28
Measurable Functions

W
SEP/30 More on Measurable Functions

F
OCT/02
Forward Measures

07
M
OCT/05
The Extended Borel sigma-field


W
OCT/07
Integration of Simple Functions


F
OCT/09
Approximation by Simple Functions

08
M
OCT/12
Integration of Measurable Functions


W
OCT/14
More on Integration


F
OCT/16
Useful Inequalities

09
M
OCT/19
More Inequalities


W
OCT/21
Large Deviations
Answerkey Quiz #2

F
OCT/23
More on Large Deviations

10
M
OCT/26
Sigma-fields associated with Random Variables


T
OCT/27
N/A
Answerkry Exam #2 (5-6:30pm)
SEP/21-OCT/21
@ ECCR 131

W
OCT/28
More on Sigma-fields and Random Variables

F
OCT/30
Convergence in Lp-norm

11
M
NOV/02
Convergence in Probability


W
NOV/04
More on Convergence of Random Variables


F
NOV/06
Absolute Continuity of Measures

12
M
NOV/09
Radon-Nikodyn Derivatives


W
NOV/11
Conditional Expectation and Probability


F
NOV/13
Properties of the Conditional Expectation

13
M
NOV/16
More on Conditional Expectation


W
NOV/18
The Orthogonal Projection Theorem in L2

F
NOV/20
The Lebuesgue Decomposition Theorem
14
M
NOV/23
Fall Break

W
NOV/25
Fall Break

F
NOV/27
Fall Break
15
M
NOV/30
Product Spaces


W
DEC/02
Existence and Uniqueness of Product Measures


F
DEC/04
Measurability in Product Spaces
Answerkey Quiz #3

S
DEC/05

Makeup Lectures
3:15-4:45pm
@ ECCR 110
16
M
DEC/07
Fubini's Theorem


T
DEC/08
N/A
Answerkey Exam #3 (5-6:30pm)
OCT/26-DEC/04
@ ECCR 131

W
DEC/09
Applications of Product Spaces


F
DEC/11
Countable product of measurable spaces