M617
Syllabus
 Spring 2004

1.      Riemann Integration Theory

Ø           The Cauchy integral

Ø           The Riemann integral       

Ø           The Riemann integral and limits    

Ø           Characterization of Riemann integrable functions

2.      Introduction to Continuous Probability

Ø           Discrete probability

Ø           Probability and sets of real numbers

Ø           Sets of measure zero

Ø           Bernoulli sequences

Ø           Lebesgue’s characterization of Riemann integrability

Ø           The Law of Large Numbers

Ø           Random variables

3.      Measure Theory 

Ø           Some set theory

Ø           s-algebras and s-rings

Ø           Measures

Ø           Outer measures

Ø           Borel measures

4.      Lebesgue Integration Theory

Ø           Measurable functions

Ø           Integration of nonnegative functions

Ø           Integration of general functions

Ø           Modes of convergence

Ø           Product measures and Fubini theorems

Ø           Lebesgue Integration on  Rn and change of variables

5.      Decomposition of Measures

Ø           Signed measures

Ø           The Radon-Nikodym theorem

6.      Lp spaces

Ø           Basic theory

Ø           The dual space

Ø           Inequalities

7.      Probability Theory

Ø           Review and basic theory

Ø           The Law of Large Numbers

Ø           The Central Limit Theorem

Ø           Sample Spaces

Ø           The Wiener Process