
One Thousand Exercises in Probability, 3rd Edition
Third Edition
$161.47
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2020
Summary
This third edition is a revised, updated, and greatly expanded version of the previous edition of 2001. The 1300+ exercises contained within are not merely drill problems, but have been chosen to illustrate the concepts, illuminate the subject, and both inform and entertain the reader.
A broad range of subjects is covered, including:
- Elementary aspects of probability and random variables
- Sampling
- Generating functions
- Markov chains
- Conv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198847618 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198847610 |
| Author: | Professor Geoffrey Grimmett, Professor David Stirzaker, Geoffrey Grimmett, David Stirzaker |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2020 |
| Weight: | 880g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 173mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Review from previous edition “A useful source of exercises and problems from probability theory and random process. I have read it with great pleasure and can recommend it to students and teachers.” * EMS *
About The Author
Professor Geoffrey Grimmett
Geoffrey Grimmett is Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge. Cambridge has been his base for pursuing probability theory and the mathematics of disordered systems since 1992. He was Master of Downing College, Cambridge from 2013-2018 and has been appointed Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research from 2020He has written numerous research articles in probability theory and statistical mechanics, as well as three research books. With David Stirzaker and Dominic Welsh respectively, he has co-authored two successful textbooks on probability and random processes at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. David Stirzaker was educated at Oxford University and Berkeley before being appointed as Fellow and Tutor in Applied Mathematics at St John’s College, Oxford. He is now an Emeritus Research Fellowat St John’s College, and an Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.He has written five textbooks on probability and random processes, two of them jointly with Geoffrey Grimmett. Most recently, (2015), he has written The Cambridge Dictionary of Probability and its Applications.
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