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Theory and applications of probability and stochastic processes: e.g. central limit theorems, large deviations, stochastic differential equations, models from statistical mechanics, queuing theory.

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Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?

$\def\Spec{\mathop{\rm Spec}} \def\R{{\bf R}} \def\Ep{{\rm E}^+} \def\L{{\rm L}} \def\EpL{\Ep\L}$ One can argue that an object of the right category of spaces in measure theory is not a set equipped w …
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Why do probabilists take random variables to be Borel (and not Lebesgue) measurable?

A conceptual answer can be given in the framework of this answer. The functor that sends a measurable space X to the set of random variables on X, i.e., equivalence classes of (unbounded) real or com …
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What's the use of a complete measure?

From the categorical viewpoint there is no difference, because the category of measurable spaces is equivalent to the category of complete measurable spaces with the equivalence given by the completio …
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Quick derivation of classical probability theory from von Neumann algebraic framework

I am not sure how far you want to go, but some basics are explained in this answer: Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective? In particular, you have …
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Conditional Expectation for $\sigma$-finite measures

One can define a reasonable notion of conditional expectation for arbitrary localizable measurable spaces, not necessarily σ-finite. This is explained in great detail in the answer to Is there an intr …
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Image of probability measures under measurable mappings

There is a complete classification of probability spaces up to a measure-preserving isomorphism. Specifically, consider a category whose objects are triples (X,Σ,μ), where X is a set, Σ is a σ-algebr …
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Non-probabilist term for conditional expectation?

Yes, it's called a pushforward! For more details, see this answer: Conditional Expectation for $\sigma$-finite measures
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