Instructor: Michael Stecher
Office: Milner 126 or Blocker 625D, 845-3269, stecher@math.tamu.edu
Office hours: 8:30 to 9:15 TTh in Milner 126, and by appointment
Text: A First Course in Probability, sixth edition, by Sheldon Ross, Prentice Hall
Calculator: A calculator which can calculate integrals will be very useful, and may prove to be necessary on exams.
Prerequisite: M221, which is third semester calculus, or its equivalent.
We will have two exams, at dates to be announced, and a final exam. The first two exams will be worth 100 points, and the final will be worth 150 points.. Quizzes will be given throughout the semester, and they will be worth 100 points. An A is 90% or better, a B is 80% or better, etc. Thus, to get a C you will need to accumulate 70% of 450 points or 315 points.
The following is a tentative weekly schedule
|
Week of
|
Topic
|
Remarks/Problems to
Work
|
| Aug. 27 | 1.1 -- 1.6 | p15: 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 21,31, 32, 33, and Theoretical 5, 6, and 8. |
| Sept. 3 | 1.1 -- 1.6, 2.1 -- 2.3 | p 53: 2, 4, 5, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 26, 28, 31, 36, 37, 40, 44, 54, 56 and Theoretical 5,6, 9, 11, 16, 18 |
| Sept. 10 | 2.4 -- 2.7 | finish suggested problems for Chapter 2. |
| Sept. 17 | 3.1 -- 3.4 | p 104: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 33, 34, 56, 76 and Theoretical 2, 6, 5, 10, 16, 19, 20 |
| Sept. 24 | 3.5 Exam 1 | |
| Oct. 1 | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | No class Thursday, Oct. 4 |
| Oct. 8 | 4.4 -- 4.7, 4.9 | p 171: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 13, 17 -- 25, 30 -- 33, 35, 40, 42, 43, 48, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69, 70 and Theoretical 2 -- 5, 8, 9 |
| Oct. 15 | 5.1 -- 5.4 | Finish exercises from Chapter 4 |
| Oct. 22 | 5.5, 5.7 | p. 228: 1, 3 -- 6, 10, 11, 13 -- 18, 23, 26 -- 30, 34, 35, 38 -- 40 and Theoretical 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 -- 13 |
| Oct. 29 | Exam 2 | As decided in class on 23 Oct., the second exam will be on Tuesday 6 Nov., 2001. |
| Nov. 5 | 6.1 -- 6.3 | Nov. 5 is last day to Q-drop |
| Nov. 12 | 6.4, 6.5 | p. 290: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13 -- 15, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 40, 41, 45, 47, 48, 51 and Theoritical 8, 10, 14, 17, 18 |
| Nov. 19 | Thanksgiving holiday, Nov 22, 23 | |
| Nov. 26 | 7.1 -- 7.4 | p. 379: 1, 3 -- 7, 14, 16, 36 -- 41, 48, 52, 53, 58, 63 |
| Dec. 3 |
Review
|
Dec. 4 is last class day. Final Exam, Friday Dec. 7. from 12:30 until 2:30 |