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 | The central topic of this course is measure theory. Measure theory is the foundation for advanced topics in Analysis and Probability.  
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| Course description | 
    
    The course will cover many of the following topics:  
Random events, sigma-algebras, monotone classes. 
Measurable spaces, random variables - measurable functions. 
Measures, probability measures, signed measures. 
Borel sets in R^d, Lebesgue measure. Caratheodory extension theorem.  
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. 
Weak and strong laws of large numbers. 
Completeness of L_p spaces. 
Conditional expectation and conditional distribution of random variables. 
Fubini's theorem.
    
    
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Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
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
(
 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% 
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| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) |  Essentials in Analysis and Probability (MATH10047)	 | 2:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - To provide the students with the basic notions and results from measure theory and integration, motivating them by fundamental concepts of probability theory.
 - To prepare a firm ground for further studies in analysis, in modern probability theory and in their applications.
 - To provide students with further experience in constructing proofs for previously unseen results.
 
     
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Pieter Blue 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5076 
Email: P.Blue@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045 
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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