Syllabus for MATH 2, Sect 1; Spring 2013
Week Date Section Topic HW
I 4/1 --- Organization & intro HW1
4/3 3.1 Probability and odds  
4/5 3.2 Counting HW2
II 4/8 3.3 Permutations, factorials  
4/10 3.4 Combinations
4/12 3.5 Probability via counting  
III 4/15 3.5-3.7 Events, their union, etc  
4/17 --- leeway/review  
4/19 Midterm I (covers all done by today)  
IV 4/22 3.8 Conditional probability  
4/24 3.9 Intersection of events  
4/26 4.1 Partitions  
V 4/29 4.2 Bayes' Theorem  
5/1 4.3 Random variables etc  
5/3 4.4 Expectation & Variance  
VI 5/6 4.5 Binomial experiments  
5/8 --- leeway  
5/10 Midterm II (covers all done by today)  
VII 5/13 4.6 Normal distribution  
5/15 4.7 Normal approximation to binomial  
5/18 handout Central Limit Theorem  
VIII 5/21 handout Poisson distribution & limit law  
5/23 1.1 & 5.1 Matrices & Markov chains  
5/25 5.1-5.2 Markov chains  
IX 5/27 Memorial Day holiday
5/29 5.3 Convergence to Equilibrium  
5/31 Midterm III (covers all due by today)  
X 6/3 --- Leeway & review  
6/5 --- Leeway & review  
6/7 --- Leeway & review  
Tuesday 6/11: Final exam (8-11 AM, location TBA) comprehensive, covers all material above