Timeline for Book on Convergence Concepts in Probability without Measure Theory [closed]
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| Jan 23, 2015 at 19:16 | comment | added | Stephan Sturm | While I agree that concepts of convergence can be understood only via measure theory, one can get to a certain degree a good understanding of limit theorems without it. E.g., Emanuel Lesigne's "Heads or Tails" (ams.org/bookstore-getitem/item=STML-28) is a very readable introduction. | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 18:39 | answer | added | Alex R. | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jan 23, 2015 at 18:13 | comment | added | Noah Schweber | Also, entirely separately - and I should have mentioned this in my first comment - measure theory is incredibly cool. See it now so you can see more later! | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 18:06 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | This site is focused only on research level questions, so textbook recommendations for undergrads are off topic. math.stackexchange.com would be a better place. But the rigorous definitions of the various modes of convergence of random variables are all in terms of measure theory, so I don't think you can really study this subject properly without understanding measure theory. I agree with @NoahS that it wouldn't be a waste of your time at all (provided you have the necessary background now); you'll just find it much easier in three years. | |
| Jan 23, 2015 at 17:48 | comment | added | Noah Schweber | Personally, I feel there's few things as useful as learning some measure theory as early as possible, especially if you're seriously interested in probability; but that's just my opinion. | |
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