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L.J.Bain & M.Engelhardt, Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics,

Duxbury, 2nd edition
William F. Trench, Introduction to real Analysis, (2013), Books and Monographs,
book 7
D.C. Lay, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson, 4th edition

U. Nacional

Clculo: Funciones, lmites, continuidad, diferenciacin e integracin en una y varias

variables, aplicaciones. Series y sucesiones. Introduccin a las ecuaciones diferenciales.

J. Stewart. Clculo de una Variable Trascendentes Tempranas. Editorial Thomson

Learning, 6 edicin.

J. Stewart. Clculo Multivariable. Editorial Thomson Learning, 6 edicin.

G. Thomas. Clculo en una Variable. Editorial Addison-Wesley (Pearson), 12 edicin.

G. Thomas. Clculo varias variables. Editorial Addison-Wesley (Pearson), 12 edicin.

W. Boyce y DiPrima R. Ecuaciones diferenciales y problemas con valores en la frontera.

Editorial Limusa-Willey, 4 edicin.

lgebra lineal: Matrices y vectores, sistemas de ecuaciones lineales; espacios

vectoriales; transformaciones lineales; determinantes; valores y vectores propios.

Grossman S. I. lgebra lineal. McGraw Hill. 6a edicin, 2007.

Nakos G. Y Joyner D., lgebra lineal con aplicaciones, Thomson, 1999.

Probabilidad: Conceptos bsicos de probabilidad (probabilidad, espacios de

probabilidad, axiomas). Probabilidad condicional, regla de probabilidad total y Bayes.
Independencia. Variables aleatorias y distribuciones. Funciones de densidad y
distribucin. Vectores aleatorios. Esperanza y Varianza. Funcin generadora de
momentos y funcin caracterstica.

Blanco. L. Probabilidad Coleccin de textos. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2a

edicin, 2010.
Ross. S. A first course in Probability. Prentince Hall, 6a edicin.
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