Markov Chains on Metric Spaces
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-11821-0 (ISBN)
The book can serve as the core for a semester- or year-long graduate course in probability theory with an emphasis on Markov chains or random dynamics.
This book gives an introduction to discrete-time Markov chains which evolve on a separable metric space.
The focus is on the ergodic properties of such chains, i.e., on their long-term statistical behaviour. Among the main topics are existence and uniqueness of invariant probability measures, irreducibility, recurrence, regularizing properties for Markov kernels, and convergence to equilibrium. These concepts are investigated with tools such as Lyapunov functions, petite and small sets, Doeblin and accessible points, coupling, as well as key notions from classical ergodic theory. The theory is illustrated through several recurring classes of examples, e.g., random contractions, randomly switched vector fields, and stochastic differential equations, the latter providing a bridge to continuous-time Markov processes.
The book can serve as the core for a semester- or year-long graduate course in probability theory withan emphasis on Markov chains or random dynamics. Some of the material is also well suited for an ergodic theory course. Readers should have taken an introductory course on probability theory, based on measure theory. While there is a chapter devoted to chains on a countable state space, a certain familiarity with Markov chains on a finite state space is also recommended.
Michel Benaim is a full professor and the head of the probability group at the University of Neuchatel. He has taught at the universities of Toulouse, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (now Paris-Saclay) and Ecole Polytechnique. Together with Nicole El Karoui, he is the author of the textbook Promenade Aleatoire. He has worked extensively on problems at the interface of probability theory and dynamical systems. He is a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Dynamics and Games, the Springer collection Mathematiques et Applications, and Stochastic Processes and their Applications. Tobias Hurth received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. He has since held postdoctoral positions at the University of Toronto, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, and the University of Neuchatel. His research interests include stochastic processes, random dynamics, and mathematical physics.
1 Markov Chains.- 2 Countable Markov Chains.- 3 Random Dynamical Systems.- 4 Invariant and Ergodic Probability Measures.- 5 Irreducibility.- 6 Petite Sets and Doeblin points.- 7 Harris and Positive Recurrence.- 8 Harris Ergodic Theorem.
"The book is written in a rigorous style. ... There is a large number of very useful exercises, in some cases with short hints. ... the material in this book is suitable for master programs at good universities. Solving the exercises would take serious efforts, however this will guarantee a great knowledge in Markov chains, in metric spaces and their ergodicity. ..." (Jordan M. Stoyanov, zbMATH 1514.60001, 2023)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.11.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Universitext |
| Zusatzinfo | XV, 197 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 338 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| Schlagworte | Ergodic theory for Markov chains • Ergodic theory in probability • Harris ergodicity theorem • invariant measure for Markov chains • Petite sets • random dynamical systems • randomly switched vector fields • strong Feller property |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-11821-9 / 3031118219 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-11821-0 / 9783031118210 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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