Mathematics 321
Probability and Statistics I
Chapter 2: Probability
Sections
2.1 Introduction
Biography and
portraits
of
Pierre de Fermat
(1601-1665)
Wikipedia biography of
Pierre de Fermat
(1601-1665)
Biography and
portraits
of
Blaise Pascal
(1623-1662)
Wikipedia biography of
Blaise Pascal
(1623-1662)
2.2 Sample Spaces and the Algebra of Sets
(pdf)
2.3 The Probability Function
(pdf)
Biography and
portraits
of
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov
(1903-1987)
Wikipedia biography and
portrait
of
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov
(1903-1987)
2.4 Conditional Probability
(pdf)
2.5 Independence
(pdf)
2.6 Combinatorics
(pdf)
Biography and
portraits
of
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
(1646-1716)
Wikipedia biography of
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
(1646-1716)
Biography of
Levi ben Gerson
(1288-1344)
2.7 Combinatorial Probability
(pdf)
2.8 Taking a Second Look at Statistics (Monte Carlo Techniques)
Homework
We will work on a number of the following exercises in class, but you do not need to hand in their solutions for homework.
2.1 --
2.2 -- 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19, 21, 26, 31, 33, 39
2.3 -- 1, 2, 5, 9, 15, 18
2.4 -- 1, 6, 19, 21, 25, 27, 33, 39, 42, 44, 46
2.5 -- 1, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17
2.6 -- 4, 10, 12, 17, 19, 28, 34, 41, 50, 57
2.7 -- 1, 4, 5
2.8 --
Hand in your solutions to the following exercises for homework.
2.1 --
2.2 -- 10, 11, 26, 39
2.3 -- 1, 9, 15, 18
2.4 -- 19, 21, 39, 44
2.5 -- 7, 9, 16, 17
2.6 -- 4, 28, 34, 57
2.7 -- 1, 4, 5
2.8 --
Practice
Test your level of understanding of the material in chapter 2 by taking the following "quiz":
2.4.47 (exam, p.53)
2.6.5 (integers, p.73)
2.6.53 (interns, p.89)
2.7.9 (and, p.98)
More Practice
Test your level of understanding of the material in chapter 2 by taking the following "quiz":
2.4.15 (P(A| B), p.40)
2.4.28 (donation, p.47)
2.4.49 (major, p.53)
2.5.13 (equations, p.66)
2.6.39 (tennis, p.85)
2.6.56 (reading, p.90)
2.7.13 (sticks, p.99)
Review
Test your understanding of the material in chapter 2 by taking the following "quiz":
2.4.02 (P(A intersect B), p.39)
2.5.03 (dice, p.58)
2.6.05 (integers, p.73)
2.7.07 (dice, p.98)
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