Course Syllabus - 8th edition of Ross textbook
Here are the syllabi for other editions of the textbook:
5th edition ,
6th edition ,
7th edition
Weeks 1-2: Axioms of Probability, Review of Discrete Probability
Reading: Chapters 1 and 2.
Recommended Practice Exercises from
8th edition Ross textbook (do not hand in):
Ch. 2:
pg. 50 (probs 1,2,3),
pg. 51 (probs 8, 11),
pg. 52 (prob 18, 23, 29),
pg. 53 (probs 35, 36, 38, 43),
pg. 54 (probs 52).
Weeks 3-4: Random Variables, Distributions, Densities
Reading: Chapters 3 and 4.
Recommended Practice Exercises from
8th edition Ross textbook (do not hand in):
Ch. 3:
pg. 102 (probs 1,5),
pg. 103 (prob 20),
pg. 104 (prob 28, 35),
pg. 106 (prob 57),
pg. 109 (prob 82),
pg. 111 (prob 11),
pg. 115 (prob 23).
Ch. 4:
pg. 174 (probs 17, 19),
pg. 175 (prob 27, 28),
pg. 176 (prob 41),
pg. 177 (prob 56),
pg. 178 (probs 75,79).
Weeks 5-6: Functions of Random Variables, Expectation
Reading: Chapters 5 and 7.
Recommended Practice Exercises from
8th edition Ross textbook (do not hand in):
Ch. 5:
pg. 224 (probs 1,4,6),
pg. 225 (probs 7,11),
pg. 227 (prob 37, 40),
pg. 228 (prob 13).
Ch. 7:
pg. 374 (probs 15, 16).
Weeks 7-8: Independence, Sums of random variables, Conditional densities
Reading: Chapter 6.
Recommended Practice Exercises from
8th edition Ross textbook (do not hand in):
Ch. 6:
pg. 287 (probs 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15),
pg. 288 (probs 20, 21, 22, 23),
pg. 290 (prob 48, 55, 56).
Ch. 7:
pg. 373 (prob 1, 4, 6),
pg. 375 (prob 22, 26, 38),
pg. 376 (probs 40, 45, 48, 50, 51).
Weeks 9-10: Central Limit Theorem, Law of Large Numbers, Markov Chains
Reading: Chapter 8, Chapter 9 (only section 9.2)
Recommended Practice Exercises from
8th edition Ross textbook (do not hand in):
Ch. 8:
pg. 412 (prob 2),
pg. 413 (prob 5),
pg. 414 (prob 1).
Ch. 9:
pg. 435 (probs 8,9),
pg. 436 (prob 3, 4).
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