STA104/MTH135: Probability

Text:Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability (6th edn)
Note: Please consult the 135/104 home page for further information about the course. If Chapter ("Ch") column is green or blue, click on it for brief lecture notes about that week's classes. Homework solution links "(soln)" remain inactive until the day graded homeworks are returned. This syllabus was last revised , and may be superceded by later versions.

Syllabus

ChWeekTopicsAssignments
1.Aug 26-28 Introduction & Examples HW 1 (Due Sep 4) (soln pdf, ps)
2.Sep 2-4 Axioms of Probability (D/A ends Sep 5) HW 2 (Due Sep 11) (soln pdf, ps)
4.Sep 9-12 Discrete Random Variables HW 3 (Due Sep 18) (soln pdf, ps)
3.Sep 16-18 Conditional Prob. & Independence HW 4 (Due Sep 25) (soln pdf, ps, MH)
5.Sep 23-25 Continuous Random Variables HW 5 (Due Oct 2) (soln pdf, ps)
5.Sep 30-Oct 2 Famous Distributions PDFs
1-5Oct 7-9 Review, 1st Midterm (Oct 9) Midterm hists (pdf, ps, adj ps, pdf)
Oct 11-14 Fall Break (Midsemester grades reported) Course avg hists (pdf, ps)
6.Oct 16 Joint Distributions and survey HW 6 (Due Oct 23) (soln pdf, ps)
7.Oct 21-23 Joint Distributions & Expectations HW 7 (Due Oct 30) (soln pdf, ps)
7.Oct 28-30 Expectations HW 8 (Due Nov 6) (soln pdf, ps)
8.Nov 4-6 Central Limit Thm & Multivariate Normal HW 9 (Due Nov 13) (soln pdf, ps)
9.Nov 11-13 Limits of Random Variables HW 10 (Due Dec 2) (soln pdf, ps)
5-8Nov 18-20 Review, 2nd Midterm (Nov 20) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
9.Nov 25 Limits of Random Variables
Nov 27-30 Thanksgiving Recess (Thanksgiving is Nov 27)
9.Dec 2-4 Limits of RV's (cont.), Review for Final (Hist of pre-final course avgs)
1-9Dec 9 Cumulative Final Examination (Tue, 9am-12n) (Hists of exam, course avgs)