Probability 3160 Spring 2010
Instructor: Milena Hering
Class time and room:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 - 10:50 in MSB403
Office: MSB M322
Office hours: Wednesday 11-11:50, Thursday 2:30 - 3:30, by appointment, or you can just drop by my office.
Phone: 486-3120
E-mail:
hering@math.uconn.edu
The Syllabus. The material of the quizzes will always be the homework up to the homework due the Friday before the quiz, as well as the material covered in class up to the class on Wednesday before the quiz. If the homework is too difficult at first, go through the problems we did in class, and then try a few Self-test problems (in the end of each chapter). These problems have full solutions in the back of the book.
Schedule
| Class Period |
Event | Homework | Read for next time |
| Wednesday, January 20 |
p.16: 1,2,4,5 | Syllabus, 1.1-1.4 | |
| Friday, January 22 |
p.16: 7,20,21,22 | 1.5-1.6 | |
| Monday, January 25 |
Quiz | p.16ff: 24, 25, 30 | 2.1, 2.2 |
| Wednesday, January 27 |
p.16ff: 26 p.19ff: 6,12,13 |
2.3 | |
| Friday, January 29 |
p.55: 2, 4 | 2.4 and beginning of 2.5 | |
| Monday, February 1 |
Quiz, Add/Drop | p. 56: 9,12 a) and b) p. 62: 11 |
2.5 |
| Wednesday, February 3 |
p.56ff: 12 c), 15, 19,23, 25 | 2.5 (not examples h,k,o) | |
| Friday, February 5 |
p.59ff: 33, 36, 38, 41, 43 | 2.5, Example 5m and 2.6, 2.7 | |
| Monday, February 8 |
Quiz | p. 59: 45, 52 | 3.1 |
| Wednesday, February 10 |
class cancelled | ||
| Friday, February 12 |
111ff: 1,4 | 2.7, 3.1 | |
| Monday, February 15 |
Quiz | 111ff: 5,7,15,18,21 | 3.2, 3.3 |
| Wednesday, February 17 |
114ff: 26,29, 33,36, 43, 44, 45, 48 | Studyguide | |
| Friday, February 19 |
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| Monday, February 22 |
Midterm | ||
| Wednesday, February 24 |
114ff:55, 57, 58, 70, 74 | 3.4, 3.5 | |
| Friday, February 26 |
Go through midterm with solutions, and homework from last time. | 4.1 | |
| Monday, March 1 |
Quiz | 187ff: 1,7,8,13,17,19 | 4.2, 4.3 |
| Wednesday, March 3 |
187ff: 20, 23, 27, 28 | 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 | |
| Friday, March 5 |
187ff: 30, 38 | 4.6, 4.7, review integration | |
| Monday, March 8 |
Spring break | ||
| Wednesday, March 10 |
Spring break | ||
| Friday, March 12 |
Spring break | ||
| Monday, March 15 |
Quiz (review random variables, probability mass function and cumulative distribution function). | p. 192ff: 39,40,41,42,43 | 4.7 |
| Wednesday, March 17 |
p.193ff: 48, 51, 52, 53, 54 | 4.8.1 | |
| Friday, March 19 |
p. 195ff: 61, 63, 75, 78, p.199: 19 | 5.1 | |
| Monday, March 22 |
Quiz | p. 247 ff: 1,4 | 5.2 |
| Wednesday, March 24 |
p. 247ff: 6,7,8 | 5.3 | |
| Friday, March 26 |
p. 247ff: 10,11,12,13 | 5.4 | |
| Monday, March 29 |
Quiz | ||
| Wednesday, March 31 |
p.249ff: 15-19, 27, 28 | 5.5 | |
| Friday, April 2 |
p.249ff: 29, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39 | 5.7, 6.1 | |
| Monday, April 5 |
Quiz | ||
| Wednesday, April 7 |
p. 313: 1, 9, 10, 11 | Read the Studyguide | |
| Friday, April 9 |
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| Monday, April 12 |
Midterm Studyguide | ||
| Wednesday, April 14 |
p.313ff: 13,14,15,17,18,20,21,22,23,28,32 | 6.1-6.3, 6.4 | |
| Friday, April 16 |
p.317: 41,42,43,46,49 | 6.5, 7.2 | |
| Monday, April 19 |
Quiz | ||
| Wednesday, April 21 |
p.408: 3,5,6,7 | 7.3, 7.4 | |
| Friday, April 23 |
p. 408ff: 44,45,46 | 7.7, 8.1 | |
| Monday, April 26 |
Quiz | p.457 ff: 1,2 | 8.2,8.3 Studyguide |
| Wednesday, April 28 |
p.457ff: 2,3,4,5,6,7,14,15,22abd | Fill out Review questionnaire by Friday. You can select your favorite times for review here. | |
| Friday, April 30 |
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| Monday, May 3 |
Final exam, 10:30 - 12:30, MSB 403 Studyguide | ||