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20 February, 2011 at 4:38 pm
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23 February, 2011 at 11:57 am
Blake Stacey
Typo alert: in section 1.1.2 (random variables), at the bottom of p. 8, the closing quotation mark is typeset in math mode.
[Corrected for the next revision, thanks – T.]
24 February, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Mads
— For maps, I think the correct spacing around the colon is obtained with “\colon” instead of “:”.
— When writing a dash, one should use “—” instead of “ – ”.
— P. 7, l. 8 and l. -6: Capital O.
— P. 8, l. -1: Wrong quotation mark.
— P. 10, l. -4: Text in the (right) margin.
24 February, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Mads
— P. 28, l. 10: Text in the margin.
— P. 31, l. -2: One should `glue’ togther “Exercise” and “1.1.21” with a tilde (~) in order to avoid the linebreak.
— P. 33, l. 10: I do not know the expression “iid signed”. Is it correct?
— P. 35, l. 15: Text in the margin.
— P. 36, l. 1: One should `glue’ togther “Example” and “1.1.24” with a tilde (~) in order to avoid the linebreak.
— P. 36, l. 14: No space between “identity” and the footnote mark.
— P. 39, l. 11: Text in the margin.
— P. 40, l. 10: One should `glue’ togther “Exercise” and “1.1.25(vi)” with a tilde (~) in order to avoid the linebreak.
[Thanks! Most of these types of changes should be implemented when the ms is professionally typeset for publication. -T.]
27 February, 2011 at 10:30 am
Anonymous
Prof. Tao, which course are you going to teach next semester? We can start to read some background material
Thanks
2 March, 2011 at 6:38 am
Terence Tao
I will be teaching 245C (real analysis) in the spring. However, I will be re-using my older notes (and now book) for this, which are already on the blog at https://terrytao.wordpress.com/category/teaching/245c-real-analysis/ or https://terrytao.wordpress.com/books/an-epsilon-of-room-pages-from-year-three-of-a-mathematical-blog/
2 March, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Anonymous
Prof. Tao,
Do you have any plan to teach grad level complex analysis? it would be great if you do so.
Thanks
27 February, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Mads
Here is the typos I found in the rest of chapter 1:
— P. 44, l. 8: Text in the margin.
— P. 44, l. 12 + 14 and p. 45, l. 4 + 5 + 10 + 12 + 18 + 19: Is it suppose to be a lowercase o?
— P. 46, l. 10 + 11 and p. 47, l. 5 + 6: I think dots between binary operators are suppose to be vertically centered. LaTeX often gets it right if one uses \dots (resp. \dot).
— P. 47, l. 13: “matrix(2.80)” –> “matrix (2.80)”.
— P. 49, l. 5: I think dots between relation symbols are suppose to be vertically centered. Again, LaTeX often gets it right if one uses \dots (resp. \dot).
— P. 49, l. 11: The “th” should not be in italic mode.
— P. 49, l. 11: Text in the margin.
— P. 50, l. -5 + -3 + -2 + -1 and p. 51, l. 6 + 12 + 20 + 21: I think dots between binary operators should be vertically centered.
— P. 52, l. 11 + 12: Shouldn’t there be a space immediately before the references?
— P. 52, l. 19 + 21 + 25 and p. 53, l. 4 + 8–10: The lowered dots.
— P.52 , l. -1: Two full stops after the reference.
— P. 54, l. 5: Remove “)”.
— P. 54, l. 13–15: The lowered dots.
— P. 54, l. 21: The lowered dots in the c^* expression.
— P. 55, l. 2: Missing a “(” (or a “)” too much).
— P. 57, l. -2 + -1: The subscript “op” should not be in italic mode.
— P. 58, l. 15: Space before reference and text in margin.
— P. 60, l. 20: The lowered dots.
— P. 60, l. 21: The lowered dots and text in margin.
— P. 61, l. 2–5 + 15 + 20 + 22 + 26 + 29: The lowered dots.
— P. 61, l. 7: The “th” should not be in italic mode.
— P. 61, l. -2: The subscript “op” should not be in italic mode. (Two times.)
— P. 62, l. 4: The lowered dots.
[Thanks, these corrections will be taken into consideration for the next revision. Incidentally, the o() notation is not a typo; see Definition 1.1.2. -T.]
27 February, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Mads
Oh, yes; sometimes you write lowercase o instead of a capital O. Is this correct?
1 March, 2011 at 7:00 am
Anonymous
Dear Mads,
Please consult any text on order notations. As Prof. Tao pointed out, even this text defines the big-oh and small-oh notation in def. 1.1.2 (asymptotic notation).
Also, note that this is is an advanced graduate text and so the reader is expected to have a minimum level of familiarity with probability, linear algebra, etc.
1 April, 2011 at 1:44 am
Florent Benaych-Georges
– page ix, line -3 : “will” -> “well”
– page 304 : confusions between N and n in X_n (and X_n)
Thanks a lot for letting the file in open access !
[Thanks, this will appear in the next revision. -T.]
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