Math 5010-001, University of Utah, Summer 2008

Assignments

• Assignment 8. (Solution | assignment & solution posted on July 23, 2008 | solve before reading the solution)
  • Reading: Chapter 8 (up to and including 8.6; skip 8.7 & 8.8)
  • Problems: pp. 381-395: #3, 4, 6
  • Final exam preparation: The final is a subset of this file (download); so please prepare!
• Assignment 7. (Solution | posted on July 23, 2008 | posted on July 18, 2008)
  • Reading: Chapter 7: 7.2 (skim through 7.3), 7.4.
  • Problems: pp. 334-336: #3, 5, 7, 10, 23, 35.
• Midterm 4 preparation. Covers the material from the previous reading/assignment
• Midterm 3 average: 85%
• Assignment 6. (Solution | posted on July 15, 2008 | Assignment posted on July 9, 2008)
  • Reading: Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.3, 6.4; Chapter 7: 7.1
  • Problems:
    • pp. 281-286: #1, 2, 3.
    • pp. 334-336: #1, 6, 9.
• Midterm 3 preparation. (posted on June 30, 2008)
• Midterm is on the material of chapters 4 and 5:
  • Chapter 4, pp. 121-129 [up to and including (5)];
  • Chapter 5, up to and including Theorem 12 (p. 170).
• Revise assignments 3-6, together with their solutions.
• Solve more problems titled "Exercises" in your text.
• Assignment 6. (Solution | posted on June 30, 2008 | posted on June 25, 2008)
  • Reading: Chapter 5, sections 5.1 through 5.5 (inclusive).
  • Problems (pp. 226-231): #2, 3, 4, 5 ("orthogonal" means "zero correlation"), 6, 7, 8.
• Midterm 2 average: 74% (approx)
• Assignment 5. (Solution | posted on June 25, 2008 | Assignment posted on June 19, 2008)
  • Reading: Finish Chapter 4.
  • Problems (pp. 151-157): #3, 4 [assume X is uniform on 1,...,n], 11, 18, 29.
• Midterm 1 average: 67%
• Assignment 4. (Solution | posted on June 19, 2008 | Midterm preparation | posted on June 11, 2008)
  • Midterm is on the material of chapter 4 up to and including basic expectations (p. 120).
  • In addition to the previous assignment, try the following (ch. 4 problems): #5(b), 10, 12, 13, 14.
• Assignment 3. (Solution | Posted on June 4, 2008)
  • Reading: Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
  • Problems (pp.151-152): #1 (for part (b) only compute f_X(x)), 5, 6, 8 (but only compute P(A_n)).
• Assignment 2. (Solution | posted on May 26, 2008)
  • Midterm preparation: Assignments 1 & 2.
  • Reading: Chapter 2.
  • Problems (pp. 76-82): #1, 2, 4, 11, 20, 31.
• Assignment 1. (Solution | revised version posted on May 26, 2008)
  • Skim through Chapter 0.
  • Reading: Chapter 1.
  • Problems (pp. 47-50): #5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 22.

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