Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics
Author: A. T. Bharucha-Reid
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2014-05-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1483275469

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics, Volume 3 focuses on the continuity, integrability, and differentiability of random functions, including operator theory, measure theory, and functional and numerical analysis. The selection first offers information on the qualitative theory of stochastic systems and Langevin equations with multiplicative noise. Discussions focus on phase-space evolution via direct integration, phase-space evolution, linear and nonlinear systems, linearization, and generalizations. The text then ponders on the stability theory of stochastic difference systems and Markov properties for random fields. Topics include Markov property of solutions of stochastic partial differential equations; Markov property for generalized Gaussian random fields; Markov properties for generalized random fields; stochastic stability of nonlinear systems; and linear stochastic systems. The publication examines the method of random contractors and its applications to random nonlinear equations, including integral contractors and applications to random equations; random contractors with random nonlinear majorant functions; and random contractors and application to random nonlinear operator equations. The selection is a valuable reference for mathematicians and researchers interested in the general theory of random functions.

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics
Author: A. T. Bharucha-Reid
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2014-05-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1483275531

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics, Volume 2 focuses on the integrability, continuity, and differentiability of random functions, as well as functional analysis, measure theory, operator theory, and numerical analysis. The selection first offers information on the optimal control of stochastic systems and Gleason measures. Discussions focus on convergence of Gleason measures, random Gleason measures, orthogonally scattered Gleason measures, existence of optimal controls without feedback, random necessary conditions, and Gleason measures in tensor products. The text then elaborates on an introduction to nonstandard analysis and hyperfinite probability theory, including applications to stochastic processes, conversion from nonstandard to standard measure spaces, and an introduction to nonstandard analysis. The text examines stochastic matrices, ergodic Markov chains, and measures on semigroups, as well as limit theorems for convolution products of probability measures on completely simple semigroups; ergodicity of Markov chains and probability measures on semigroups; and limits of convolutions in groups and semigroups. The selection is a dependable source of data for mathematicians and researchers interested in the general theory of random functions.

Probability and Computing

Probability and Computing
Author: Michael Mitzenmacher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2005-01-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780521835404

Randomization and probabilistic techniques play an important role in modern computer science, with applications ranging from combinatorial optimization and machine learning to communication networks and secure protocols. This 2005 textbook is designed to accompany a one- or two-semester course for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students in computer science and applied mathematics. It gives an excellent introduction to the probabilistic techniques and paradigms used in the development of probabilistic algorithms and analyses. It assumes only an elementary background in discrete mathematics and gives a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the material, with numerous examples and applications. The first half of the book covers core material, including random sampling, expectations, Markov's inequality, Chevyshev's inequality, Chernoff bounds, the probabilistic method and Markov chains. The second half covers more advanced topics such as continuous probability, applications of limited independence, entropy, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods and balanced allocations. With its comprehensive selection of topics, along with many examples and exercises, this book is an indispensable teaching tool.

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics
Author: A. T. Bharucha-Reid
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2014-05-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1483276651

Probabilistic Analysis and Related Topics, Volume 1 focuses on the continuity, differentiability, and integrability of random functions, including functional analysis, operator theory, measure theory, and numerical analysis. The selection first offers information on stochastic partial differential equations in turbulence related problems and estimation and stochastic control for linear infinite-dimensional systems. Discussions focus on deterministic quadratic cost-control problem; partial differential equations in stochastic wave propagation; and theory of stochastic partial differential equations. The text then examines random integrodifferential equations, including small perturbations, existence and uniqueness of solutions, stochastic properties of solution processes, and vibration string. The manuscript ponders on equivalence and singularity of Gaussian measures and applications and stochastic Riemannian geometry. Concerns include semilocal properties, Brownian motion, reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and Gaussian processes, equivalence and singularity of Gaussian processes, and general problem of equivalence and singularity. The selection is a vital source of information for mathematicians and researchers interested in the general theory of random functions.

Probability and Algorithms

Probability and Algorithms
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1992-02-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0309047765

Some of the hardest computational problems have been successfully attacked through the use of probabilistic algorithms, which have an element of randomness to them. Concepts from the field of probability are also increasingly useful in analyzing the performance of algorithms, broadening our understanding beyond that provided by the worst-case or average-case analyses. This book surveys both of these emerging areas on the interface of the mathematical sciences and computer science. It is designed to attract new researchers to this area and provide them with enough background to begin explorations of their own.

Some Topics in Probability and Analysis

Some Topics in Probability and Analysis
Author: R. F. Gundy
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 57
Release: 1989
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821807218

This book is based on lectures presented by the author at DePaul University in July 1986. The lectures cover three main topics. The first is local time theory for Brownian motion and some geometrical inequalities for harmonic functions in the upper half-plane $R^{n+1}_+$. The author sketches a proof of the inequalities obtained by Barlow and Yor for the maximal local time functional. The second topic concerns a probabilistic treatment of Riesz transforms in $R^{n+1}_+$, and semimartingale inequalities. The author proves semimartingale inequalities of the type usually obtained for martingales. The final topic centers on a discussion of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup and P. A. Meyer's extension of the Riesz inequalities for the infinite-dimensional version of this semigroup. One of the major results of the book is the establishment of inequalities for the density of the area integral.