An Intermediate Course in Probability

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a solid background and understanding of the basic results and methods in probability the­ ory before entering into more advanced courses (in probability and/or statistics). The presentation is fairly thorough and detailed with many solved examples. Several examples are solved with different methods in order to illustrate their different levels of sophistication, their pros, and their cons. The motivation for this style of exposition is that