Math 3332: Probability (Fall 2021)

General Information

Instructor: Mikhail Lavrov
Location: Crawford Lab 154.
Lecture times: 3:30pm-4:45pm on Monday and Wednesday.
Textbook: Introduction to Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes by Hossein Pishro-Nik, available online at https://www.probabilitycourse.com/.
Office hours: 2:15pm to 3:15pm on Monday and Wednesday, in my office - Mathematics 245. (Also, feel free to ask me questions after class ends.)
D2L page: https://kennesaw.view.usg.edu/d2l/home/2394321.

More information is available on D2L, where I will post the syllabus, homework assignments, and more.

Homework and Exams

There will be eight homework assignments, two midterm exams, and one final exam; the dates are marked below.

I will post the homework assignments here and on D2L; they are always due on Friday at 11:59pm, via D2L.

Exams will be given in person during our ordinary 75-minute class period. (At least that's the current plan. I will update this schedule and send the class an email if the plan changes.)

Detailed Schedule

See also the schedule from last semester.

• Date
  Textbook section
  Other details
• Mon 8/16
  1.3.1-1.3.2 Random experiments
   
• Wed 8/18
  1.3.3 Finding Probabilities
   
• Mon 8/23
  1.3.4-1.3.5 Discrete, Continuous Models
   
• Wed 8/25
  1.4 Conditional Probability
  HW 1 due Friday
• Mon 8/30
  1.4.2 Law of Total Probability
   
• Wed 9/1
  1.4.3 Bayes' Rule
   
• Mon 9/6
  No class
   
• Wed 9/8
  11.2 Discrete-Time Markov Chains
  HW 2 due Friday
• Mon 9/13
  2.1.1-2 Ordered Sampling
   
• Wed 9/15
  2.1.3 Unordered without Replacement
   
• Mon 9/20
  2.1.4 Unordered with Replacement
   
• Wed 9/22
  3.1 Random Variables
  HW 3 due Friday
• Mon 9/27
  Exam 1
   
• Wed 9/29
  3.2.2 Expectation
   
• Mon 10/4
  3.1.5 Special Distributions
   
• Wed 10/6
  3.2.3 Functions of Random Variables
  HW 4 due Friday
• Mon 10/11
  3.2.4 Variance
   
• Wed 10/13
  5.1 Two Discrete Random Variables
   
• Mon 10/18
  5.1.3 Conditioning and Independence
   
• Wed 10/20
  5.3.1 Covariance and Correlation
  HW 5 due Friday
• Mon 10/25
  6.1.3 Moment Generating Functions
   
• Wed 10/27
  6.2 Probability Bounds
   
• Mon 11/1
  Exam 2
   
• Wed 11/3
  4.1 Continuous Random Variables
  HW 6 due Friday
• Mon 11/8
  4.1.1 Probability Density Function
   
• Wed 11/10
  4.1.2 Expected Value and Variance
   
• Mon 11/15
  4.1.3 Functions of Random Variables
   
• Wed 11/17
  4.3 Mixed Random Variables
  HW 7 due Friday
• Mon 11/22
  No class
   
• Wed 11/24
  No class
   
• Mon 11/29
  5.2 Two Continuous Random Variables
   
• Wed 12/1
  5.2.3 Conditioning and Independence
   
• Mon 12/6
  11.1 Poisson processes
  HW 8 due Monday
• Wed 12/8
  No class
  Study!
• Mon 12/13
  Final Exam (3:30-5:30pm)