Math 350 Section 1 - Calendar- Fall 2007

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All numbers indicate sections from Ross Seventh Edition.

R is for the reading assignment
C is for exercises that are assigned and will be collected
NC is for exercises that are assigned but will not be collected

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Sept. 3
Labor Day
Sept. 5
Lecture:
Introduction to Probability

Homework:
R 1.1-1.4
Through Binomial Theorem
C Chap. 1 Pr 1,4

NC Chap. 1 Pr 5

Sept. 7
Lecture:
Basic Principle of Counting
Permutations and Combinations

Homework:
R Rest of 1.4
C Chap. 1 Pr 6,11,12,21
C Chap. 1 Th 2,4
NC Chap. 1 Pr 5,7,9
NC Chap. 1 Th 5
Sept. 10
Homework Due
Lecture:
Binomial Coefficients
Binomial Theorem

Homework:
R 2.1-2.3
C Chap. 1 Pr 24,25,27,30
C Chap. 1 Th 10abcd
NC Chap. 1 Pr 15,16
NC Chap. 1 Th 8,9
Sept. 12
Lecture:
Sets

Homework:
R 2.4
C Ch. 2 Pr 1
C Ch. 2 Th 2,3,4
NC Ch 2 Th 5
Sept. 14
Quiz 1
Chapter 1

Lecture:
Sample Spaces
Axioms of Probability

Homework:
R 2.5
C Chap. 2 Pr 2,3,4
C Chap. 2 Th 6,7

Sept. 17
Homework Due
Lecture:
Axiom 3
Equally Likely Outcomes

Homework:
R 2.7
C 2 Pr 5,6
C 2 Th 9 (show it for Axiom 3a instead of 3)
NC 2 Pr 7
Sept. 19
Lecture:
Bridge and Birthdays

Homework:
R 3.1-3.2
C 2 Pr 27,29,34,36,38,54
NC 2 Pr 28,41,47,48,55
Sept. 21
Lecture:
Conditional Probability

Homework:
R 3.3
C 2 Pr 31
C 3 Pr 1,2,3
C 3 Th 1,2
NC 2 Pr 30,42
Sept. 24
Quiz 2
Chapter 2
Homework Due
Lecture:
Conditional Probability

Homework:
C 3 Pr 4,5,8,9,10,13
NC 3 Pr 6,7
Sept. 26
Lecture:
Bayes' Formula

Homework:
R 3.4
C 3 Pr 11,12,18,21
C 3 Th 5
NC 3 Pr 15,16,17
Sept. 28
Lecture:
Bayes' Formula
Independent Events

Homework:
R 3.5
C 3 Pr 36,40,41,47,48,49
NC 3 Pr 34,35,37,45,46
Oct. 1
Homework Due
Lecture:
Independent Events

Homework:
R 4.1
C 3 Pr 39, 63, 66,71
C 3 Th 6
C Extra Problem
NC 3 Pr 60,61,67
NC 3 Th 7
Oct. 3
Lecture:
Random Variables
Questions for Exam

Homework:
NC Study for Exam
Oct. 5
Exam 1
Topics: Chapters 1-3

Homework:
R 4.2
C 4 Pr 1,2,3,5,7,9
NC 4 Pr 4,8,10
Oct. 8
Homework Due
Lecture:
Discrete Random Variables

Homework:
R 4.3
C 4 Pr 13,15,17,18
C 4 Th 3,4
NC 4 Pr 16,19
NC 4 Th 1
Oct. 10
Lecture:
Expected Value

Homework:
R 4.4
C 4 Pr 20,21,23,25,26
C 4 Th 6
NC 4 Pr 24,27
NC 4 Th 7
Oct. 12
Lecture:
Variance
Bernoulli Random Variables

Homework:
R 4.5-4.6
C 4 Pr 30,32,34,38
C 4 Th 8
NC 4 Pr 22,36,37
Oct. 15
Homework Due
Lecture:
Binomial Random Variables

Homework:
R 4.7
C 4 Pr 39,41,46,48,49,50
NC 4 Pr 40,42,,43,47
Oct. 17
Quiz 3
Lecture:
Poisson Random Variable

Homework:
R 4.8 (Geometric)
C 4 Pr 51,52,54,55
NC 4 Pr 53
Oct. 19
Fall Break
Oct. 22
Class Canceled Due to Fires
Oct. 24
Class Canceled Due to Fires
Oct. 26
Class Canceled Due to Fires
Oct. 29
Homework Due
Lecture:
More Poission
Geometric Distribution

Homework:
R 4.8 (Rest)- 4.9
C 4 Pr 57,58,61,63,64
C 4 Th 16
NC 4 Pr 59,60,62
Oct. 31
Lecture:
CDF revisited
Continuous Random Variables

Homework:
R 5.1
C 4 Pr 71,72,75
C 4 Th 18
C 5 Pr 1
C Extra Problem

NC 4 Pr 73
Nov. 2
Lecture:
Probability Density Functions
Expected Value Revisited

Homework:
R 5.2-5.3
C 5 Pr 2,3,5
NC 5 Pr 4
Nov. 5
Homework Due
Lecture:
Uniform Random Variables
Normal Random Variables

Homework:
R 5.4-5.5
C 5 Pr 6ac,8,10,11,12
C 5 Th 6
NC 5 Pr 6b,7,9,13
NC 5 Th 7
Nov. 7
Lecture:
Normal Random Variables


Homework:
R 5.6
C 5 Pr 15,16,19,20,23
C 5 Th 9
NC 5 Pr 17,18,21
Nov. 9
Lecture:
Continuity Correction
Exponential Random Variables

Homework:
R 5.7
C 5 Pr 24,25,27,32,33
C 5 Th 10
NC 5 Pr 26,28,29
Nov. 12
Quiz 4
Lecture:
More Exponential
Hazard Rates


Homework:
R 6.1
C 5 Pr 34,39,40
C 5 Th 12,15
Nov. 14
Homework Due
From Last Week

Lecture:
Functions of Random variables
Joint Distributions

Homework:
R 6.2
C 6 Pr 1,2,3
C 5 Th 13,14
NC 6 Pr 4,5
Nov. 16
Lecture:
Jointly Continuous R.V.
Questions for Exam

Homework:

NC Study for Exam
Nov. 19
Homework Due
Last Week's Homework
By Tuesday in my box

Exam 3
Homework:
C 6 Pr 8,9
C Extra Problem
NC 6 Pr 10
Nov. 21
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 23
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 26
Homework Due
Lecture:
Expected Value of Joint Distributions
Independent Random Variables

Homework:
R 6.3
C 6 Pr 15,20,21,22
C 6 Th 9
NC 6 Pr 17,23
Nov. 28
Lecture:
Sum of Random Variables

Homework:
R 7.1
C 6 Pr 27
Nov. 30
Lecture:
Sums of Random Variables

Homework:
R 7.2
C 7 Pr 6,7,8,12,13,30,31
NC 7 Pr 9,14
Dec. 3
Homework Due
Lecture:
Convolutions
Moment Generating Functions

Homework:
R 7.4,7.7
C 7 Pr 33,34,36,38,40
NC 7 Pr 35,39
Dec. 5
Lecture:
Moment Generating Functions

Homework:
R 8.1
C 7 Pr 41,42,45,75
C Extra Problem

NC 7 Pr 46,57
Dec. 7
Lecture:
Markov's Inequality
Chebyshev's Inequality

Homework:
R 8.2
C 8 Pr 1,2,4a
C 8 Th 2,3
Dec. 10
Quiz 5
Homework Due
Lecture:
Corollaries to Chebyshev's Inequality

Homework:
R 8.3
NC Use Time For Math Modelling Club
Dec. 12
Lecture:
Central Limit Theorem!!!

Homework:
NC 8 Pr 3,4c,5,6,8,10
NC 8 Th 6
Dec. 14
Lecture:
All Questions Answered

Homework:
Study for Exam
Final Exam
Friday, December 21 at 2 pm


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