Mathematics 170B - Winter 2004
Probability Theory
- Time and place: MWF at 10 in MS 5117
- Instructor: Thomas M. Liggett
- Office hours: MW 1-2 and F 2-3 in MS 7919
- Text: A First Course in Probability (6th edition)
by S. Ross
- Prerequisite: Mathematics 170A
- For more information: See Handout
- Midterm: Wednesday February 18. It covers the following sections:
2.4,2.5,3.4,3.5,4.8,6.4,6.5,7.1-7.5.
- Q&A session Friday, March 19 at 3pm in MS 5117.
- Final exam: The final exam will be 8-11 pm on Monday,
March 22 in MS 5117. It will cover the entire quarter.
Homework
- Due January 13: page 380 #3,5,6,8 and page 390 #5,8,10
- Due January 20: page 381 #11,15,17,20 and page 391 #9,11,12,17,18
- Due January 27: page 382 #22,25,26,29(a,b),30,32,33,34 and
page 392 #19,21
- Due February 3: page 382 #35,38,39,45,47; page 392 #23; page 114
#72,81 and page 116 #13,16.
- Due February 10: page 233 #18,19; page 294 #43,44; page 297 #20;
page 385 #48,50,51,52 and page 393 #27.
- Due February 17: page 385 #53,56,62,64,66,72 and page 393 #29,
30,31,32
- Due February 24: page 295 #51,53,55(a),57,58; page 299 #23,33;
page 388 #69, page 394 #37,38.
- Due March 2: page 295 #48,50; page 299 #24,26,29 (note misprint:
X_{(n+1)}=1, not t),32; problems #1,2 on the pgf handout.
- Due March 9: problem #3 on the pgf handout; page
389 # 75,76,77; page 396 #48,50,51,52; page 427 #1.
- Due March 16: page 427 #2 (note that the sentence "Suppose,
in addition,..." applies to (b), not (a)), 3,5,7,9; page 429
#1,5(you may use #4),6,7.