Week # | lectures | recitations | key Dates |
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1 | L1: Introduction. Probability, Spaces, and Sigma-Algebras | R1 | |
2 |
L2: Measures. Carathéodory. Lebesgue Measure and Infinite Coin Flips L3: Conditioning and Independence. Borel-Cantelli | R2 | Homework 1 due |
3 |
L4: Measurable Functions. Random Variables. Cumulative Distribution Functions L5: Discrete Random Variables | No recitation | Homework 2 due |
4 |
L6: Covariance and Correlation. Inclusion-Exclusion Formula, Examples L7: Abstract Integration | R3 | Homework 3 due |
5 |
L8: Monotone and Dominated Convergence Theorems. Fatou's Lemma L9: Product Measure. Fubini's Theorem | R4 | Homework 4 due |
6 | L10: Continous Random Variables, Examples | R5 | Homework 5 due |
7 |
L11: Continous Random Variables. Joint Distributions. Conditioning L12: Derived Distributions | R6 | Homework 6 due |
8 | L13: Transforms. Moment Generating and Characteristic Functions | R7 | |
9 |
L14: Multivariate Normal L15: Multivariate Normal. Characteristic Functions | R8 | Homework 7 due |
10 |
L16: Convergence of Random Variables L17: Weak Law of Large Numbers (WLLN) and Central Limit Theorem (CLT) | R9 | Homework 8 due |
11 | L18: Strong Law of Large Numbers (SLLN). Chernoff Bounds | R10 | |
12 |
L19: Uniform Integrability. Kolmogorov 0–1 Law. Convergence of Series L20: Stochastic Processes: Bernoulli and Poisson | No recitation | Homework 9 due |
13 |
L21: Markov Chains I L22: Markov Chains II | R11 | Homework 10 due |
14 |
L23: Markov Chains III L24: Markov Chains IV | R12 | Homework 11 due |
15 |
L25: Martingales I L26: Martingales II | No recitation | Homework 12 (optional) |
16 | No lectures. | No recitation | Final Exam |