The length of the book has increased by about 25 percent. Sets and classes; Calculus; Linear Algebra; Probability; Random variables and their probability distributions; Moments and generating functions; Random vectors; Some special distributions; Limit theorems; Sample moments and their Skip to content. Delving deep into densities and distributions while relating critical formulas, processes and approaches, this rigorous text provides a solid grounding in probability with practice problems throughout.
Heavy on application without sacrificing theory, the discussion takes the time to explain difficult topics and how to use them. This new second edition includes new material related to the substitution of probabilistic arguments for combinatorial artifices as well as new sections on branching processes, Markov chains, and the DeMoivre-Laplace theorem.
Technical machinery is only introduced when necessary. The route is rigorous but does not use measure theory. The text is illustrated with many original and surprising examples and problems taken from classical applications like gambling, geometry or graph theory, as well as from applications in biology, medicine, social sciences, sports, and coding theory.
Only first-year calculus is required. Cramer-Rao bounds for variance of estimators, two-sample inference procedures, bivariate normal probability law, F-Distribution, and the analysis of variance and non-parametric procedures.
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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications uniquely blends a comprehensive overview of probability theory with the real-world application of that theory. Beginning with the background and very nature of probability theory, the book then proceeds through sample spaces, combinatorial analysis, fluctuations in coin tossing and random walks, the combination of events, types of distributions, Markov chains, stochastic processes, and more.
The book's comprehensive approach provides a complete view of theory along with enlightening examples along the way. To Probability Theory and Its Applications. Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics. Numerous topics relating to probability are named after him,.
I, 1st ed, by W. Uniqueness Distinct probability distributions have distinct. Elementary proof of this famous theorem see W. The reader, especially one who is not a mathematician, cannot hut feel the great power which is intrinsic to a probability approach to certain problems, especially when he sees the many practical applications set forth in the book.
The restriction is made early in the book that only discrete sample spaces will be considered, that is, an abstract space in which the probability measure is defined. While from the mathe- matician's point of view this restricts the field, there is so much that is included within the restrictions that there really is no restriction.
The elementary topics in probability are followed by more advanced topics as the text progresses. Following a short chapter on sample space and definitions, there are introduced the ele- ments of combinatorial analysis and simple ordering and occupancy problems.
The latter are illustrated by the Boise-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics in a way which allows a firmer under- standing of their meaning and nature than is usually presented in a formal course in modern physics. The chapters on conditional probability and repeated trials lead to the binomial, Pois- son, and normal distribution functions, and the subject of random variables and laws of large numbers.
Included in the more advanced topics are chapters devoted to generating functions and recurrent events, random walk or "gambler's ruin" problem, Markov chains with constant transition probabilities, and simple time dependent stochastic processes.
New theoretical ideas and theorems are introduced, proven where necessary, and then followed with numerous applications from many fields including sociology, medicine, biology, and games of chance. Each chapter closes with a series of problems which serve as additional illustrative text material. Answers to most of the problems are included. Aside from mathematicians, physicists and other scientists who encounter problems in modern communications theory, modern physics, and the probabilistic aspects of the biological sciences will find much reference material in this volume.
Needless to say, the book can be used as a valuable reference work for professional and amateur gamblers. This is the first volume of a series planned to cover the entire field of heterocyclic chemistry. Organic chemists will be grateful to Dr. Elderfield and his associates for undertaking this monu- mental work. The editor explains that the series is not intended to be a compendium of the field but is rather intended to show primarily the chemical principles involved; however, other aspects such as industrial uses and physiological and pharmacological properties are included.
Emphasis is placed on the fact that the most recent developments have been included in this book. The chemistry of monocyclic heterocycles containing one oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur atom in three, four, five, or six membered rings is presented in this initial edition. The contents are divided into nine chapters each carefully prepared by specialists in their particular field. The subjects covered include: 1 ethylene and trimethylene oxides; 2 ethyleneimine; 3 deriva- tives of azete; 4 furan; 5 thiophene; 6 pyrrole and its derivatives; 7 monocyclie pyrans, pyrones, thiapyrans, and thiapyrones; 8 pyridines; and 9 piperidines and partially hydro- genated pyridines, One of the most impressive parts of the book is Harry S.
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