Math 170B

Probability Theory, Spring 2007

• Homework
• Instructor: Noam Berger
• Office : MS 6420
• Office Hours: 2-3pm Wednesday and Fridays or by appointment.
• Lecture
• Time: MWF 1:00P-1:50P
• Location: MS 5127
• Discussion Section:
• Time: T 1:00P-1:50P
• Location: MS 5127
• TA: Benjamin Shargel
• Textbook : David Stirzaker, Elementary Probability (2nd).
• READ THE BOOK!!!! You are responsible for the contents of the sections we cover.
• General Course Outline: Math 170 outline  (Note that we expect to be slightly slower than this outline)
• Grading: Note: In order to pass this course, you must take the final exam!
• Final exam 50%
• Midterms 30%
• Homework 20%
• If your final grade is higher than your midterm grade, then the breakdown will be Final 80%, HW 20%.
• Exam Dates:
• Midterm : Wednesday, May 9 midterm info
• Final exam: Monday, June 11. Exam info.
• Homework: Homework will be collected every Friday in class. Late homework will not be accepted. The two lowest homework grades will be dropped.
• Handouts: contianing material not covered in Stirzakers book:
• handout on almost sure convergence and Borel-Caltelli's lemma.
• handout on the strong law of large numbers.
• handout on Doob's inequality.