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Foundations of Probability Theory

Course
MSA150
Master’s level
7.5 credits (ECTS)
Study pace
50%
Time
Day
Location
Göteborg
Language
English
Duration
-
Part of semester
Quarter 3 to 4

About

The course comprises lectures, and classes with exercises and discussions. Probability theory is a rich and varied area of mathematics, with many applications; modern statistics is based on this theory. The purpose of this course is to study its foundations. Key words and phrases are: basics, moments, independence and conditioning, the strong law of large numbers, transforms and the central limit theorem, random walk and the Markov property.

This course is open to

Exchange students at the Faculty of Science and exchange students on a university-wide agreement. Please contact your international coordinator at the University of Gothenburg if you need to know more.

Entry requirements

Completed course containing basic probability theory, such as MSG110 Probability theory.

Application

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