Math 275: Lecture Schedule

Lecture rules: You will be resposible for the material in the book that was covered in lectures, as well as for the material that is suggested you read from the book on your own.

All the chapter.section numbers refer to the book "Elementary Probability for Applications" by R.Durrett online at www.math.cornell.edu/~durrett/ep4a/ep4a.html.

  • Week 1 - Ch 1 (Basic Concepts) Sec 1.1-1.2.

  • Week 2 - Ch 1 (Basic Concepts) Sec 1.3-1.4.

  • Week 3 - Ch 2 (Cond'l Prob'ty) Sec 2.1

  • Week 4 - Ch 2 (Cond'l Prob'ty) Sec 2.2-2.3

  • Week 5 - Ch 2 (Cond'l Prob'ty) Sec 2.3 + review for Test 1

  • Week 6 - Ch 2 (Cond'l Prob'ty) Sec 2.4 + Sec 3.1

  • Week 7 - Ch 3 (Discrete Distr'ns) Sec 3.1-3.2

  • Week 8 - Ch 3 (Discrete Distr'ns) Sec 3.2-3.3

  • Week 9 - Ch 3 (Discrete Distr'ns) Sec 3.4-3.6

  • Week 10 - Ch 3 (Discrete Distr'ns) Sec 3.7 + review for Test 2

  • Week 11 - Ch 4 (Limit Theorems) Sec 4.1-4.2

  • Week 12 - Ch 4 (Limit Theorems) Sec 4.2 (4.4)

  • Week 13 - Ch 5 (Markov Chains) Sec 5.1-5.2

  • Week 14 - Ch 5 (Markov Chains) Sec 5.3 + review for Final
  • Jan 23-27

  • Jan 30-Feb 3

  • Feb 6-10

  • Feb 13-17

  • Feb 20-24

  • Feb 27-Mar 3

  • Mar 6-10

  • Mar 13-17

  • Mar 27-31

  • Apr 3-7

  • Apr 10-14

  • Apr 17-21

  • Apr 24-28

  • May 1-5