Undergraduate Course: Essentials in Analysis and Probability (MATH10047)
Course Outline
School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | Random events, sigma-algebras, monotone classes.
Measurable spaces, random variables - measurable functions.
Measures, probability measures, signed measures.
Borel sets in R^d, Lebesgue measure.
Sequences of events and random variables, Borel-Cantelli lemma.
Distributions of random variables. Independence of random variables.
Integral of measurable functions - mathematical expectation,.
Moments of random variables, L_p spaces.
Convergence concepts of measurable functions.
Limit theorems for integrals.
Week and strong laws of large numbers.
Completeness of L_p spaces.
Conditional expectation and conditional distribution of random variables.
Fubini's theorem. |
Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
69 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
95 %,
Coursework
5 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 5%, Examination 95%
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | MATH10047 Essentials in Analysis and Probability | 2:00 | |
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Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
69 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
95 %,
Coursework
5 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 5%, Examination 95%
|
Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
1. To provide the students with the basic notions and results from measure theory and integration, motivating them by fundamental concepts of probability theory.
2. To prepare a firm ground for further studies in analysis, in modern probability theory and in their applications.
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Pieter Blue
Tel: (0131 6)50 5076
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Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
Email: |
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