Lectures on Probability Theory and Statistics Ecole d'Ete de Probabilites de Saint-Flour XXVII - 1997 /

• Main Authors: Bertoin, J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Martinelli, F. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Peres, Y. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bernard, Pierre (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1717
• Subjects: Probabilities.; Statistics .; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

 Part I, Bertoin, J.: Subordinators: Examples and Applications: Foreword.- Elements on subordinators.- Regenerative property.- Asymptotic behaviour of last passage times.- Rates of growth of local time.- Geometric properties of regenerative sets.- Burgers equation with Brownian initial velocity.- Random covering.- Lévy processes.- Occupation times of a linear Brownian motion.- Part II, Martinelli, F.: Lectures on Glauber Dynamics for Discrete Spin Models: Introduction.- Gibbs Measures of Lattice Spin Models.- The Glauber Dynamics.- One Phase Region.- Boundary Phase Transitions.- Phase Coexistence.- Glauber Dynamics for the Dilute Ising Model.- Part III, Peres, Yu.: Probability on Trees: An Introductory Climb: Preface.- Basic Definitions and a Few Highlights.- Galton-Watson Trees.- General percolation on a connected graph.- The first-Moment method.- Quasi-independent Percolation.- The second Moment Method.- Electrical Networks.- Infinite Networks.- The Method of Random Paths.- Transience of Percolation Clusters.- Subperiodic Trees.- The Random Walks RW (lambda) .- Capacity.-.Intersection-Equivalence.- Reconstruction for the Ising Model on a Tree,- Unpredictable Paths in Z and EIT in Z3.- Tree-Indexed Processes.- Recurrence for Tree-Indexed Markov Chains.- Dynamical Pecsolation.- Stochastic Domination Between Trees. 

 From the contents: Subordinators: Examples and Applications: Foreword -- Elements on subordinators -- Regenerative property -- Asymptotic behaviour of last passage times -- Rates of growth of local time -- Geometric properties of regenerative sets -- Burgers equation with Brownian initial velocity -- Random covering -- Lévy processes -- Occupation times of a linear Brownian motion -- Lectures on Glauber Dynamics for Discrete Spin Models: Introduction -- Gibbs Measures of Lattice Spin Models -- The Glauber Dynamics -- One Phase Region -- Boundary Phase Transitions -- Phase Coexistence -- Glauber Dynamics for the Dilute Ising Model -- Probability on Trees: An Introductory Climb: Preface -- Basic Definitions and a Few Highlights -- Galton-Watson Trees -- General percolation on a connected graph -- The first-Moment method -- Quasi-independent Percolation -- The second Moment Method -- Electrical Networks -- Infinite Networks -- The Method of Random Paths -- Transience of Percolation Clusters -- Subperiodic Trees -- .....