Math 425 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY - SPRING 2009
Time and Place: 12-1 TWF in EH 4088
Instructor: Ralf Spatzier, 5850 East
Hall, 763-2192, spatzier@umich.edu
Office Hours: T F 12-1
or by appointment
Text: "A First Course in Probability" by S. Ross, Prentice Hall.
Prerequisites: MATH 215 or equivalent.
Course Outline: Probability theory develops the mathematical tools that allow us to deal with uncertainty.
Applications of these ideas and concepts are pervasive throughout our society, the sciences and engineering.
The goal of this course is to enable us to solve problems in a variety of different contexts. We will develop a central set of concepts (especially the notion of a random variable), and we will practice interpreting and solving problems with these concepts at hand. We will use both calculus and combinatorics.
Grading Policy: homework 40%;
Midterm 25%; final exam 25%; Quizzes 10%
Homework Policy: Homework will be assigned
weekly and collected on Wednesday.
Homeworks and Handouts:You can download the homework assignments below
as postscript or pdf (Adobe Acrobat) files:
Homework and Solutions 1 in pdf
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