MATHEMATICS 340 Introduction to Probability Theory

Instructor: Dr. Oliver Winkler

Office: BA 436

Office hours: Tuesday, 11:00-1:00pm

Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday 1:00pm in BA 211

Text: Intro to Probability and its Applications, 2nd Edition by Richard Scheaffer

Midterm:

Time: October, 31st 2006, in class
Length: 60 mins.

Material covered:
In our textbook
ch.1
chapter 2 sect. 2.1 to 2.6
chapter 3 sect. 3.1 to 3.9
chapter 4 sect. 4.1 to 4.6 and 4.10
chapter 5 sect. 5.1 to 5.4

In particular, you are required to know all definitions and theorems covered in the above sections and in class.
In addition, you should be able to reproduce those proofs done in class, except for the proofs of Theorem 3.4 and Theorem 5.2.

Midterm Solutions

Final:

Time: 2pm December, 15th 2006, in N1042
Length: 2 hrs.

Material covered:
In our textbook
ch.1
chapter 2 sect. 2.1 to 2.6
chapter 3 sect. 3.1 to 3.9
chapter 4 sect. 4.1 to 4.6 and 4.10
chapter 5 sect. 5.1 to 5.7
chapter 6 sect. 6.1 to 6.5
chapter 7 sect. 7.1 to 7.4

In particular, you are required to know all definitions and theorems covered in the above sections and in class, so that you can reproduce them and/or apply them to problems. No proofs are required.
The final consists of seven questions, two concentrate on pre-midterm material and the other five on post-midterm material.