Homepage for Math 477-02, Mathematical Theory of Probability - Spring 2009

General Course Information

Announcements

1: Office hours on Monday, 5/4, are cancelled.

2: Review problems for the final exam will be posted on 4/30. Solutions will be posted on 5/6.

3: There will be a review session for the final exam from 4 to 7PM on Wednesday, 5/6, in ARC-110 (BUSCH).

4: Office hours during reading and exam periods will be held in Hill-340 as follows: Wednesday 5/6: 9-11 AM; Thursday, 5/7: 9-11 AM and 4 - 6 PM; Friday, 5/8: 9-11 AM.

Approximate Syllabus

Lecture

Date

Sections from Text

  

Lecture

Date

Sections from Text

1

1/20

Chapter 1

  

15

3/10

Chapter 5

2

1/22

Chapter 1

  

16

3/12

Chapter 5

3

1/27

Chapter 2

  

17

3/24

Chapter 5

4

1/29

Chapter 2

  

18

3/26

Chapter 6

5

2/3

Chapter 2

  

19

3/31

Chapter 6

6

2/5

Chapter 3

  

20

4/2

Chapter 6

7

2/10

Chapter 3

  

21

4/7

Catch-up & review

8

2/12

4.1-4.3

  

22

4/9

Midterm Exam #2

9

2/17

4.4,4.5

  

23

4/14

Chapter 7

10

2/19

Catch-up & review

  

24

4/16

Chapter 7

11

2/24

Midterm Exam #1

  

25

4/21

Chapter 7

12

2/26

4.6

  

26

4/23

Chapter 8

13

3/3

4.7

  

27

4/28

Chapter 8

14

3/5

4.8,4.9

  

28

4/30

Catch up and review

Required Homework Problems

There will be 12 homework assignments.  Each assignment will be graded on a scale of 0 – 10 and the sum of the ten best homework assignments will be the homework grade.  Solutions to homework problems will  be posted on this website about 24 hours after the homework is due and late assignments will not be accepted after that time. (Students who cannot submit an assignment on time for a serious reason, e.g., illness, may be excused from that assignment.  See me if this applies to you.)

Assignment #1 – due 1/27 - Hand in: Chapter 1: P12,P18,P30,P33, TE6,TE22; You also ought to try P1,P10,P19,P26,P27,P28,TE2,TE10,TE18,TE20

Solutions to assignment #1

Assignment #2 – due 2/3 - Hand in: Chapter 2: P5, P9, P13, P17, P19, P21, P29, TE4(h,i), TE11

Assignent #3 – due 2/10 - Hand in: Chapter 2: #P36, #P48, #P54, #P56, #TE20; Chapter 3: #P7, #P8, #P13, #P28, #TE4.

Assignent #4 – due 2/17 - Chapter 3: #P74, #P77, #P79; Chapter 4: : #P4, #P13, #P14.

Assignment #5 – due 3/3 - Chapter 4: #P33, #P40, #P41, #P43, #P48.

Solutions to assignment #4

Assignment #6 – due 3/10 - Chapter 4: #P57, #P59, #P61, #P62, #P63.

Assignment #7 – due 3/26 (THURSDAY !) - Chapter 5: #P5, #P12, #P13, #P16, #P19, #P20, #P32, #P40, #TE12, #TE14.

Assignment #8 – due 3/31 - Chapter 6: #P6, #P9 and the three problems given

here

Assignent #9 – due 4/7 (NOTE CHANGED DATE !) - Chapter 6: #P20, #P22, #P23, #P27, #P30.

Assignment #10 – due 4/14 - Chapter 7: #P6, #P8, #P18, #P21, #P22.

Solutions to assignment #10

Assignment #11 – due 4/23 (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE) - Chapter 7: #P36, #P38, #P39, #P40

Assignment #12 – due 4/28 - Chapter 7: #P49, #P50, #P53, #P76, #P77.

Solutions to assignment #12

 

 


 

 

 SAMPLE EXAM PROBLEMS

 

Exam #1 Review Problems from Prof. Speer's class in fall 2007

Solutions to Exam #1 Review Problems

Review problems for Exam #2

Solutions to Exam #2 Review Problems

Review problems for Final Exam

Solutions to Final Exam Review Problems