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Mathematics 340 - Fall 2013

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August
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
26 27 28
Sections 1.1 - 1.3
Homework
Counting
29 30
Sections 1.4 - 1.5
Homework
Binomial Coefficients
September
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2
Labor Day
3 4
Sections 2.1 - 2.2
Homework
Sample Spaces
5 6
Sections 2.3 - 2.4
Homework
Probability Measures
9
Section 2.5
Homework
Equally Likely Outcomes
Problem Set # 1
10 11
Sections 2.5 - 2.6
Homework
Birthdays, Hats, and Continuity
12 13
Sections 3.1 - 3.2
Homework
Conditional Probability
16
Section 3.3
Homework
Bayes' Theorem
Problem Set # 2
17 18
Section 3.4
Homework
Independent Events
19 20
Sections 4.1 - 4.2
Homework
Random Variables
23
Sections 4.3 - 4.4
Homework
Expected Values
Problem Set # 3
24 25
Review for Exam # 1
26 27
Exam # 1
30
Section 4.5
Homework
Variance
October
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2
Section 4.6
Homework
The Binomial Distribution
3 4
Section 4.7
Homework
The Poisson Distribution
7
Section 4.8
Homework
Three Discrete Distributions
Problem Set # 4
8 9
Section 5.1
Homework
Continuous Random Variables
10 11
Section 5.2
Homework
Expectation and Variance
14
Fall break
15
Fall break
16
Sections 5.3 and 5.4
Homework
Uniform and Normal Distributions
Midpoint of the term
Problem Set # 5
17 18
Section 5.4.1
Homework
The DeMoivre-Laplace Theorem
21
Section 5.5
Homework
The Exponential Distribution
Problem Set # 6
22 23
Review for Exam # 2
24 25
Exam # 2
28
No class
29 30
Section 5.6.1
Homework
The Gamma Distribution
31
November
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
Sections 5.7 and 6.1
Homework
Change of Variable and Joint Distributions
4
Section 6.1
Homework
Jointly Continuous Random Variables
Problem Set # 7
5 6
Section 6.2
Homework
Independent Random Variables
7 8
Sections 6.1 - 6.2
Homework
More with Joint Distributions
11
Section 6.3
Homework
Sums of Independent Random Variables
Problem Set # 8
12 13
Sections 7.2 and 7.4
Homework
Properties of Expectation
14 15
Section 7.7
Homework
Moments
18
Section 7.7
Homework
Moment Generating Functions
Problem Set # 9
19 20
Review for Exam # 3
21 22
Exam # 3
25
Section 8.2
Homework
The Weak Law of Large Numbers
26 27
Thanksgiving
28
Thanksgiving
29
Thanksgiving
December
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2
Section 8.3
Homework
The Central Limit Theorem
3 4
Section 8.3
Homework
Central Limit Theorem: Examples
5 6
Central Limit Theorem: Examples
(cont'd)
9
Review for Final Exam
No office hours
10 11
Office hours:
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
12 13
16 17 18
Final Exam
Noon - 2:30 p.m.
19 20