87081 - Probability (2017/2018)

General information

87081 - Probability (Prob, 8 CFU), first semester, years: 3° LT.

Course content

Definition of Probability: frequencies, classical definition and subjective definition. Axiomatic definition of probability space: events, sigma-algebra, probability, first calculation rules and continuity of the probability measure. Indipendence and conditioning: total probability and Bayes theorem. Borel-Cantelli lemma. Random variables: distribution function and its properties. Continuous and discrete random variables (Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric, Negative Binomial, Ipergeometric, Normal, Uniform, Cauchy, Exponential, Gamma, Chi-Square, t  Student,...). Multidimensional random variables, indipendence. Moments. Moment generating function and characteristic function. Inequalities: Markov and Chebyshev. Asymptotics: convergence in law, convergence in probability, almost sure convergence, normal limit of the binomial distribution, law of large numbers, central limit theorem. Conditional expecation. Stochastic simulation.

Language

Italian

Teacher

Emanuela Sasso

Other teachers

Veronica Umanità

Teaching style

In presence

Attendance

Not required