6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4013387FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Under agreement for exchange of courses
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Educational team
Uwe Einmahl (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture
30 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

1. Martingales

2. Classical limit theorems via martingale theory

3. Weak convergence in metric spaces

4. Brownian motion and Donsker's invariance principle

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Gevorderde kansrekening, Lecture notes, Einmahl
Additional info
Lecture notes
Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student knows the basic results of probability.

The student can solve exercises.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation
The students will get exercises for all chapters. They can turn inĀ  their solutions for being checked by the instructor. (This is highly recommended, but not compulsory). The final examination will consist of two parts:
Part 1: exercises (50 %)
Part 2: theory (50 %)
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Mathematics: Financial and Applied Mathematics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Mathematics: Fundamental Mathematics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Mathematics: Education (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: wiskunde (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)