Math 394 — Fall 2018 schedule

Holidays: Nov 12, 22, 23

Week 1 W L Permutations and combinations. Appendix C.

Sep 26, 28, Oct 1 F L Binomial coefficients. Appendix D.
M L §1.1: Sample space, axioms of probability
Week 2 W L §1.2, 1.3: Random sampling. Infinitely many outcomes.
Homework 1 due.
Oct 3, 5, 8 F L §1.4 Inclusion-Exclusion Principles
M L §1.5: Random variables
Week 3 W L §2.1: Conditional probability. Homework 2 due.
Oct 10, 12, 15 F L §2.2: Bayes’ formula.
M L §2.3: Independence.
Week 4 W L §2.4: Independent trials. Binomial and geometric
distributions. Homework 3 due.
Oct 17, 19, 22 F L §3.1, 3.2: Cumulative distribution functions. Uni-
form[a, b] distributions.
M E Midterm I
Week 5 W L §3.3: Expectation.
Oct 24, 26, 29 F L §3.4: Linearity of expectations. Variance.
M L §3.5, 4.5: Normal and exponential distributions.
Week 6 W L §4.1 Normal approximation. Homework 4 due.
Oct 31, Nov 2, 5 F L §4.3: Application of normal approximation.
M L §4.3: Application of normal approximation (contd.).
Week 7 W L Poisson distribution. Homework 5 due.
Nov 7, 9, 14 F L §4.4: Poisson approximation.
W L §4.5 Exponential approximation to geometric. Home-
work 6 due.
Week 8 F L Review for Midterm II
Nov 16, 19, 21 M E Midterm II
W L §5.2 Distribution of a function of a random variable
Week 9 M L §9.1 Chebyshev’s and Markov’s inequality.
Nov 26, 28, 30 W L §9.2 Weak law of large numbers for for finite variance
iid rvs. Homework 7 Due.
F L §6.1 Joint mass functions of discrete random variables.
Week 10 M L §6.1 Multinomial coefficients and distributions.
Dec 3, 5, 7 W L Review II. Homework 8 Due.
F L Review III