Probability measures on metric spaces

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Probability measures on metric spaces

K.R. Parthasarathy

AMS Chelsea Pub., 2005

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"Originally published: New York : Academic Press, 1967, in series: Probability and mathematical statistics, a series of monographs and textbooks."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-272) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Having been out of print for over 10 years, the AMS is delighted to bring this classic volume back to the mathematical community. With this fine exposition, the author gives a cohesive account of the theory of probability measures on complete metric spaces (which he views as an alternative approach to the general theory of stochastic processes). After a general description of the basics of topology on the set of measures, he discusses regularity, tightness, and perfectness of measures, properties of sampling distributions, and metrizability and compactness theorems.Next, he describes arithmetic properties of probability measures on metric groups and locally compact abelian groups. Covered in detail are notions such as decomposability, infinite divisibility, idempotence, and their relevance to limit theorems for 'sums' of infinitesimal random variables. The book concludes with numerous results related to limit theorems for probability measures on Hilbert spaces and on the spaces $C[0,1]$. ""The Mathematical Reviews"" comments about the original edition of this book are as true today as they were in 1967. It remains a compelling work and a priceless resource for learning about the theory of probability measures. The volume is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in probability and stochastic processes and would make an ideal supplementary reading or independent study text.

Table of Contents

The Borel subsets of a metric space Probability measures in a metric space Probability measures in a metric group Probability measures in locally compact abelian groups The Kolmogorov consistency theorem and conditional probability Probability measures in a Hilbert space Probability measures on $C[0,1]$ and $D[0,1]$ Bibliographical notes Bibliography List of symbols Author index Subject index.

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  • NCID
    BA74215663
  • ISBN
    • 082183889X
  • LCCN
    2005048182
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Providence, R.I.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 276 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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