Probability Measures on Groups

Many aspects of the classical probability theory based on vector spaces were generalized in the second half of the twentieth century to measures on groups, especially Lie groups. The subject of probability measures on groups that emerged out of this research has continued to grow and many interesting new developments have occurred in the area in recent years. A School was organized jointly with CIMPA, France and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research entitled Probability Measures on Groups: Recent Directions and Trends in Mumbai. Lecture courses were given at the School by M. Babillot…