Math 20, Spring 2007

Discrete Probability

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Syllabus

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


Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
  3/28 1.2 Basic probability
  3/30 1.2 Basic probability
  4/2 3.1 Combinatorics
  4/4 3.1, 3.2 Combinations and permutations
  4/6 3.2 Combinations
  4/9 3.2 Combinations
  4/11 4.1 Conditional probability
  4/13 4.1 Conditional probability
  4/16 4.1, 6.1 Expected value
  4/18 6.1 Expected value
  4/20 6.2 Variance
  4/23 6.2 Variance
  4/25 5.1 Important distributions
  4/27 5.1 Important distributions
  4/30 5.1 Important distributions
  5/2 8.1 Law of Large Numbers
  5/4 9.1 Central Limit Theorem
  5/7 9.1 Central Limit Theorem
  5/9 9.1, 9.2 Statistics and General Central Limit Theorem
  5/11 9.2 General Central Limit Theorem
  5/14 11.1 Markov chains
  5/16 11.2 Absorbing Markov chains
  5/18 11.2 Absorbing Markov chains
  5/21 11.3 Regular Markov chains
  5/23 11.3 Ergodic Markov chains
  5/25 TBA Bayesian methods
  5/30 TBA Bayesian methods