Math 669 Stochastic Processes and Probability
Spring 2015

Instructor:
I. H. Dinwoodie, M327 Neuberger Hall (NH)
Office Hours:
M: 1:30-2:30 PM
Th: 10:00 12:00 AM
Thursday April 2 hours moved to 1:00 PM
Lecture:
MWF 11:30-12:20 166 SLRC
Overview:
This course is on mathematical probability with foundations in analysis and measure theory. The presentation will include applications of stopping times, extreme value distributions, and Ito equations. We will also do some computing exercises to illustrate approximations and limit theorems.
Required Texts:
  1. B. Oksendal, Stochastic Differential Equations: An Introduction with Applications, Springer, 2010. (Earlier editions should work too.) Math 669 will cover approximately Chapters 2-5, 7, and 12.
  2. R. Durrett, Probability: Theory and Examples 4th Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Prerequisites:
Math 668, Advanced calculus and a course in probability or mathematical statistics.
Midterm Exam: due May 1
Final Exam: Thursday June 11 12:30-2:20, due 2:20 June 11
Homework:
  1. Friday April 3: Oksendal #2.7a and compute |G|, 2.9, 2.10
  2. Friday April 10: Ok #3.1, 3.13ab, 3.18
  3. Friday April 17: Ok #4.1a, 4.2, Durrett 8.5.2 (insurance application, solution)
  4. Friday April 24: Ok #4.6a, 4.7 (n=1), 4.8a
  5. Friday May 8: Ok #5.1(ii), 5.9, 5.11 (a=0, b=0) (solutions)
  6. Friday May 15: 7.1abc, 7.2a, 7.10
  7. Friday May 22: 7.9ab, 8.2, 8.5
  8. Friday May 29: 8.6, and let an operator A satisfy Af = -x*f_x + f_xx/2. Find the limit as t->infty of the solution u(t,x) to u_t = Au, u(0,x) = x^2, x in R.
  9. Friday Jun 5: 12.6abc, 12.11a (optional hw, arbitrage background, more )




              
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     April 2015     
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          1  2  3  4 	2.2, Brownian motion simulation 
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 	3.1-3.2, stochastic integral simulation
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 	4.1 
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 	7.1-7.5
17 18 19 20 21 22 23	7.1-7.5
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 	8.1-8.2, old-school methods 
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last updated: June 1 2015