Math 60850, Fall 2008
Hayes-Healy 229: MWF 1:55-2:45
Information on grading, tests, homework, etc. (pdf version; postscript version; dvi version)
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Andrew Sommese (Hurley 291).
Email: sommese@nd.edu
Office Hours: after class;
and 10:30-11:30 Wednesday
in my office.
Handouts
Analysis of Craps (PDF file);
Markov Chains Applied to Craps (Maple 12 file);
Worked Example Useful for Homework 8 (Maple 12 file);
rutherford.mws, A Maple Worksheet on the Poisson
distribution and the chi-square goodness-of-fit test: Rutherford 's
Geiger Count Data.
Exam Schedule
Exam
1: Monday, October 6 (take home).
Exam 2: Monday, November 17 (take home).
Final: Friday, December 19.
Homework
Homework 10 (due Monday, December 8).
Homework 9 (due Monday, December 1).
Homework 8 (due Wednesday, November 5).
Homework 7 (due Wednesday, October 29).
Homework 6 (due Wednesday, October 15).
Homework 5 (due Wednesday, October 1).
Homework 4 (due
Wednesday, September 24):
Problems 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, and 4.19 on pages 33-34.
Problems 5.3 and 5.6 on page 45.
Homework 3 (due Wednesday, September 17).
Homework 2 (due Wednesday, September 10).
Homework 1 (due
Wednesday, September 3):
Write down the elements of the sample space for the face values when
tossing a red and a green die.
Assuming all outcomes are equally likely, what is the expected sum of
face values?
What is the expected maximum of the two face values?
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