Math 20, Fall 2004

Discrete Probability

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Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course.  X-hours will occasionally be used in place of or in addition to scheduled lectures.


Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
Day 1:  9/22 1.2 Basic probability
Day 2:  9/24 1.2 Basic probability
Day 3:  9/27 3.1 Combinatorics
Day 4:  9/29 3.1, 3.2 Combinations and permutations
Day 5:  10/1 3.2 Combinations
Day 6:  10/4 3.2 Combinations
10/5   Last day to add/drop
Day 7:  10/6 4.1 Conditional probability
Day 8:  10/8 4.1 Conditional probability
Day 9:  10/11 4.1, 6.1 Expected value
Day 10:  10/13 6.1 Expected value
Day 11:  10/15 6.2 Variance
Day 12:  10/18 6.2 Variance
Day 13:  10/20 First Midterm
Day 14:  10/22 5.1 Important distributions
Day 15:  10/25 5.1 Important distributions
Day 16:  10/27 5.1 Important distributions
Day 17:  10/29 8.1 Law of Large Numbers
Day 18:  11/1 9.1 Central Limit Theorem
Day 19:  11/3 9.1 Central Limit Theorem
Day 20:  11/5 9.1, 9.2 Statistics and General Central Limit Theorem
Day 21:  11/8 9.2 General Central Limit Theorem
Day 22:  11/10 Second Midterm
Day 23:  11/12 11.1 Markov chains
11/12   Last day to drop
Day 24:  11/15 11.2 Absorbing Markov chains
Day 25:  11/17 11.2 Absorbing Markov chains
Day 26:  11/19 11.3 Regular Markov chains
Day 27:  11/22 11.3 Ergodic Markov chains
11/24 - 11/28   Thanksgiving break
Day 28:  11/29 TBA Bayesian methods
Day 29:  12/1 TBA Bayesian methods