Math 170A section 2, Fall 2015.
Lecture time: MWF 12-12:50PM. Lecture room: MS 6229.
Instructor: Huy Tran. Email: tvhuy at math dot ucla dot edu. Office: MS 6617-C.
Office hours: 10:30-11:30 MWThu
Extra office hours: always available by appointment
Discussion time: Tues 12-12:50PM. Room: MS 6229.
Teaching Assistant: John Susice. Office: MS 2963
Office hours: 11:30AM-12:30PM
Syllabus from Math department.
Textbook: Introduction to Probability by D. P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis, 2nd edition.
Tentative schedule (subject to change):
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Announcement:
-9/24: Chapter 1 is available online at http://athenasc.com/Prob-2nd-Ch1.pdf
Supplementary problems for Chapter 1 at http://athenasc.com/CH1-prob-supp.pdf
-9/30: Friday office hrs changed to Thu 10:00AM-11:05AM
-10/01: My mistake on hw1 again. Please see the change.
-10/09: update in Exam preparation page.
-10/15: The hint for last midterm 1 is uploaded as request. A peek into Midterm 1.
-10/21: Midterm 1 solution is at the end of this page.
-11/2: Discuss on Tuesday will switch with lecture on Friday.
-11/04: cheat sheet is not allowed in exams. However, some formulas will be provided. See this file. Please let me know if you want to add more formulas.
-11/12: Midterm 2 solution is at the end of this page.
-11/13: Midterm 2 is returned to you. You have two weeks to review and complain about it.
-11/19: extra office hours in the next two weeks: Tuesday 1pm-2pm. You are welcome to ask questions via emails.
-12/3: some people are using Bayesian methods to solve the mystery of MH370
-12/3: formula sheet in the final.
-12/21: one student has A+
Homework: (see the schedule for due dates)
-Hw1: do the following problems in pro-supp file:
+ prob 3
+ prob 5- prob 11, 12 except prob 13, prog 14.
+ Read section 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 in textbook.
-Hw2 (updated):
+ In the book: 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30
+ In the pro-supp file: 13, 14, 15, 18, 20
- Hw3: (updated)
+ In the book: (chapter 2) 1-7, 14
+ In the pro-supp file: 1, 2
- Hw4: (updated)
+ In the book (chapter 2): 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26
+ In the pro-supp file: 5, 6 , 7, 8
- Hw5: (updated)
+ In the book (chapter 2): 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 43
+ In the pro-supp file: 9(a,b), 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20
- Hw6: (updated)
+ In the book (chapter 3, p. 184): 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
+ In the pro-supp file: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Hw7: (updated)
+ In the pro-supp file: 5-9, 17, 19
+ In the book (chapter 3, p. 184): 11, 13, 15, 18, 19(a,b)
+ Read problem 14 in the book, p.189.
- Hw 8: (updated)
+ In the pro-supp file: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21
+ In the book (chapter 3, p. 184): 19(c), 20, 23, 34,