Last updated April 24, 2007

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Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. The weekly syllabus contained in the Homework page will always be accurate.

Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
3/28 3.1-3.2 Simple and Compound Interest
3/30 3.3 Future Value of an Annuity: Sinking Funds
4/2 3.4 Present Value of an Annuity: Amortization
4/4 4.1 Review: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables
4/6 4.2-4.3 Systems of Linear Equations and Augmented Matrices, Gauss-Jordan Elimination
4/9 4.4 Matrices: Basic Operations
4/11 4.5 Inverse of a Square Matrix
4/13 4.6 Matrix Equations and Systems of Linear Equations
4/16 4.7 Leontief Input-Output Analysis
4/18 review
4/20 Exam 1
4/23 7.1 Logic
4/25 7.2-7.3 Sets, Basic Counting Principles
4/27 7.4 Permutations and Combinations
4/30 8.1 Sample Spaces, Events, and Probability
5/2 8.2 Union, Intersection, and Complement of Events; Odds
5/4 8.3 Conditional Probability, Intersection, and Independence
5/7 8.4 Bayes' Formula
5/9 8.5 Random Variable, Probability Distribution, and Expected Value
5/11 review
5/14 Exam 2
5/16 5.1 Inequalities in Two Variables
5/18 5.2 Systems of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
5/21 5.3 Linear Programming in Two Dimensions: A Geometric Approach
5/23 9.1 Properties of Markov Chains
5/25 9.2 Regular Markov Chains
5/28 9.3 Absorbing Markov Chains
5/30 review
6/2 Final Exam, 08:00 - 11:00