Math 170A section 2, Winter 2015.
Lecture time: MWF 1-1:50PM. Lecture room: Geology 4645.
Instructor: Huy Tran. Email: tvhuy at math dot ucla dot edu. Office: MS 6617-C.
Office hours: 10-11 MWF.
Extra office hours: Friday, by appointment
Discussion time: Thursday 1-1:50PM. Room: MS 5147. Note: It is different from lecture room.
Teaching Assistant: Chuyuan Fu. Email: fuchuyuan at math dot ucla dot edu. Office: MS 3973
Office hours: see CCLE
Syllabus from Math department. Also see the "info.pdf" file below for class information.
Textbook: Introduction to Probability by D. P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis, 2nd edition.
Tentative schedule (subject to change): (you may need to zoom out the page to see the table)
Final: Monday, March 16th, 11:30AM - 2:30PM. Location: Boelter 5249
Announcement:
-1/3/2015: Chapter 1 is available online: http://athenasc.com/Prob-2nd-Ch1.pdf
-1/8: Typos in info.pdf were corrected. To see the due dates for homework, please see the schedule above.
-1/9: HW2 is posted. It is due next Friday (1/16).
-1/12: Preparation tips for midterm 1:
+ Try all problems in the book.
+ Learn how to translate assumptions to math notation. Define events correctly.
+ Apply rules, formulas correctly.
+ Problems in book have solution (online). Learn from it!
+ During lectures, ask questions if you see anything unclear.
+ Practice 1 (and solution)
+ Practice 2 (and solution)
-1/14: You don't need to do problem 8 in pro-supp file since it was in HW1. My mistake.
-1/16: HW3 is posted. It is due next Friday (1/23).
-1/21: HW4 is posted. It is due on Friday, Jan 30th.
-1/21: no cheat sheet in exams.
-1/22: Midterm will take place at Royce Hall room 190 (click for the building and room).
-1/25: You should bring a calculator (may not need it).
-1/28: Hint for Problem 32, supp, hw4.
-1/30: Hw5 is posted. It is due on Friday 6th.
-2/2: Omit problem 6 (textbook) from Hw5.
-2/6: See exam info page to prepare for midterm 2 and final.
Link for supplementary problems of Chapter 2, Chapter 4.
Hw6 is posted. It is due on Friday Feb 13th
-2/11: Problem 11 in supplementary problems: E[X_1]^2 means E [ X_1^2].
Problem 9 in the supplementary problems assumes X_1, X_2, etc are integer numbers in [1, 100].
-2/13: Hw7 is posted, due on Wednesday, Feb 25th.
-2/23: Hint for midterm 2 is posted.
Link for supplementary problems of chapter 3.
-2/25: HW8 and Hw9 are posted. See the schedule for the due dates. Room for final exam: Boelter 5249.
-2/28: typo on problem 8 (supp, chapter 3): find PDF of Z (not X).
-3/10: a review session ran by Professor Tonci Antunuvic from 3-4:30pm, on Friday March 13, room 1260 Franz hall
-3/11: a note was uploaded in the "exam preparation" page
-3/16: The solution is uploaded. Good luck with other finals!