Probability
Math 336
Brad Hartlaub
Fall 2012

Course Syllabus

August 31
Sept. 3
Sept. 5
Sept. 7 - Problem Session
Sept. 10
Sept. 12
Sept. 14 - Problem Session
Sept. 17
Sept. 19
Sept. 21 - Problem Session - Please read sections 4.1-4.4 for class on Monday.
Sept. 24
Sept. 26
Sept. 28 - Problem Session
Oct. 1
Oct. 3
Oct. 5
Oct. 8 - Problem/Review Session
Oct. 10 - Exam #1
Oct. 15 - Discuss Exam 1 Results / Continue discussion of continuous probability distributions
Oct. 17 - Problem Session
Oct. 19 - Problem Session
Oct. 22
Oct. 24 - Continue discussion of continuous probability distributions
Oct. 26 - Problem Session
Oct. 29 - moment generating functions
Oct. 31
Nov. 2 - Problem Session
Nov. 5
Nov. 7
Nov. 9 - Problem Session
Nov. 12 - Problem Session
Nov. 14 - Problem Session
Nov. 16 - Exam #2
Nov. 26
Nov. 28
Nov. 30 - Problem Session
Dec. 3 - Problem Session / Bivariate Normal Conditional Distribution
Dec. 5 - Chebychev's Inequality and the Central Limit Theorem
Dec. 7 - Problem Session
Dec. 10 - Project Presentations
- Yule Distribution - Connie, Grant, and Katie
- Markov Chains in Baseball - Joe
Dec. 12 - Project Presentations
- Erdos-Kac Theorem - Alex
Dec. 14 - Project Presentations
- The Lognormal Distribution - Sam
- Random Walks and Black Scholes - Luke and Mark