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MATH301 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY THEORY

Course Code:	2360301
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Mathematics
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Lecturer MUHAMMAD DABBAGH
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite:	Set 1: 2360252 Set 2: 2360213
One of the sets above should be completed before taking MATH301 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY THEORY.

Course Content

Events and probability. Combinatorial problems. Independence and conditional probability. Measure theoretical approach to probability. Random variables and distribution functions. Marginal distributions and conditional distributions. Moments and characteristic functions. Convergence of random variables. Law of large numbers.