Section 001 Teplyaev Math 3160 — Probability (Syllabus.pdf)
HW 1 (August 27 — August 31):
- Listen to Video Lectures 01a, 01b, 01c;
- read Chapter 1 “Combinatorics”.pdf;
- do all exercises in this chapter (ask questions in class);
- Quiz 1.pdf on Friday August 31. Solution.pdf
HW 2 (September 3 — September 7):
- Review HW for week 1 and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 02a, 02b;
- read Chapter 2 “The probability set-up”.pdf (you can skip the exercises, focus on Subsection 2.1. Introduction and basic theory);
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 2.pdf on Friday September 7, based on Chapter 1 and Subsection 2.1. Solution.pdf
HW 3 (September 10 — September 14):
- Review HW for week 2 and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lecture 3a for Chapter 3;
- read Chapter 2 “The probability set-up”.pdf and Chapter 3 “Independence”.pdf;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 3.pdf on Friday September 14, based on Chapters 2 and 3. Solution.pdf
HW 4 (September 17 — September 21):
- Review HW for week 3 and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 3b and 3c for Chapter 4;
- read Chapter 4 “Conditional probability”.pdf;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 4.pdf on Friday September 21, based on Chapter 4. Solution.pdf
HW 5 (September 24 — September 28):
- Review HW for week 4 and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 4a and 4b for Chapter 5;
- read Chapter 5 “Random variables”.pdf;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 5.pdf on Friday September 28, based on Chapter 5. Solution .pdf
HW 6 (October 1 — October 5):
- Review HW for weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and do any unfinished work;
- ask questions in class on Monday;
- Test 1 on Wednesday October 3, based on Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. answers.pdf
HW 7 (October 8 — October 12):
- Review Test 1, do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 4c and 4d for Chapter 6;
- read Chapter 6 “Some discrete distributions.pdf“;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 6.pdf on Friday October 12, based on Chapter 6. answers.pdf
HW 8 (October 15 — October 19):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 5a for Chapter 7;
- read Chapter 7 “Continuous distributions”.pdf;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 7.pdf on Friday October 19, based on Chapter 7. answers.pdf
HW 9 (October 22 — October 26):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lecture 5b for Chapters 8 and 9;
- read Chapter 8 “Normal distribution”.pdf and Chapter 9 “Normal approximation”.pdf;
- ask questions in class: normal-Gaussian.png and binomial.png
- Quiz 8-9.pdf on Friday October 26, based on Chapters 8 and 9. answers.pdf
HW 10 (October 29 — November 2):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- Listen to Video Lectures 5c and 5d for Chapter 10;
- read Chapter 10 “Some continuous distributions”.pdf;
- read Strategy to transform continuous random variables.pdf;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 10.pdf on Friday November 2, based on Chapter 10. solution.pdf
HW 11 (November 5 — November 9):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- listen to Video Lectures 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d, for Chapter 11;
- read Chapter 11 “.pdfMultivariate distributions.pdf“;
- ask questions in class;
- Quiz 11.pdf on Friday November 9, based on Chapter 11. solution.pdf
HW 12 (November 12 — November 16):
- Review HW for weeks 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and do any unfinished work;
- ask questions in class on Monday (here are pictures from the white board);
- sample Test 2 problems.pdf; with answers.pdf
- review session on Tuesday November 13, 7pm in MONT 420;
- Test 2.pdf on Wednesday November 14, based on Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. answers.pdf
- You are allowed to bring 2 pages of handwritten notes (both sides of an 8 x 11 paper). Table of distributions and Z-table from the end of the textbook will be provided.
HW 13 (Thanksgiving and November 26 — November 30):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- read Chapter 12 “Expectations”.pdf and Chapter 13 “Moment generating functions.pdf” (do all examples and exercises);
- optional: listen to Video Lectures 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d and 7e for Chapters 12 and 13;
- ask questions in class (here are pictures from the white board, November 26);
- Quiz 12-13.pdf on Friday November 30, based on Chapters 11, 12 and 13. (here are the answers.pdf) Table of distributions from the end of the textbook will be provided.
HW 14 (December 3 — December 7):
- Review HW for the previous week and do any unfinished work;
- read Chapter 14 “Limit laws”.pdf (do all examples and exercises);
- optional: listen to Video Lectures 8a and 8b for Chapter 14; ask questions in class (here are pictures from the white board, December 5);
- Quiz 14.pdf on Friday December 7, mostly based on Chapter 14 with some questions coming from chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. You are allowed to bring 3 pages of handwritten notes (both sides of an 8 x 11 paper). here are the answers.pdf
Review.pdf session Thursday 12/13/18 7:00 pm MONT 319 to discuss sample final exam problems.pdf (here are answers.pdf) and any other questions
Final exam Friday 12/14/18 8:00 am – 10:00 am
- You are allowed to bring 3 pages of handwritten notes (both sides of an 8 x 11 paper). Table of distributions.pdf and Z-table.pdf from the end of the textbook will be provided if needed.