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Random Walk (2023)
References: [1]. Random Walk: A Modern Introduction, Gregory F. Lawler and Vlada Limic (primary) [2]. Intersections of Random Walks, Gregory F. Lawler[3]. The Art of Random Walks, András Telcs
Ⅰ.General Definitions and Properties
Ⅱ. Local Central Limit Theorem
Ⅲ.Approximated by BM: Skorokhod Embedding and Dyadic Coupling
Ⅳ.Green’s Functions and Potential Kernels
Ⅴ.Potential Theory: Harmonic Functions, Capacity, Dirichlet Problem, Neumann Problem
Ⅵ. Loop Measures and LERWs: Generating Functions, h-Process and LERWs in Z^d
Ⅶ. Intersection Probablity of RWs
Ⅷ.Specific Kinds Random Walks: One-dimension RW and SRW
Large Deviation Theory (2023)
References: [1]. Large Deviations, S. R. S. Varadhan (primary) [2].A basic introduction to large deviations: Theory, applications, simulations, Hugo Touchette [3]. Master Program: Probability Theory, Claudio Landim
Ⅰ.Large Deviation for i.i.d. Sequence
Ⅱ.General Principles: Properties, Contraction THM, Varadhan THM
Advanced Stochastic Process (2022)
References:[1]Probability Theory: Theory and Examples, Richard Durrett [2]Lecture Notes on Measure-theoretic Probability Theory, Sebastien Roch [3]Sample path properties of Brownian motion, Peter Morters
Ⅶ.Path Property of Brownian Motion
Advanced Probability Thoery (2021)
References:[1] A course in probability theory, Kai Lai Chung [2] Probability Theory: Theory and Examples, Richard Durrett [3] Advanced Probability Theory, Bingyi Jing
Complement: Infinite divisiblility
Applied Stochastic Process (2021)
References:[1]Stochastic Processes, J. Chang [2]Lecture Notes on Stochastic Modeling, Karl Sigman [3]Stochastic Processes, Sheldon M. Ross
Ⅳ.Continuous Time Markov Chains
Ⅵ.Markov Random Fields and Hidden Markov Models
Ⅶ.Brownian Motion:Levy’s construction, Conditional Dist, and Shifted Hitting Time
Complement: Stochastic Approximation
Complement: Gamble’s Ruin Problem
Complement: Poisson Clumping Heuristic