MATH 5010 (Fall '09)
Time & Place: W 6-9 p.m., LCB 215
Lecturer: Firas Rassoul-Agha
Phone: (801) 585-1647, E-Mail: firas@math.utah.edu
Office Hour: (tentatively) Monday 12-1pm or by appointment, at LCB 209


Prerequisites: Solid knowledge of Calculus I, II, and III.
Textbook: Basic Probability Theory, by Robert Ash
An electronic pdf copy is available at the author's website.
A supplementary set of lecture notes can be found here. For one pdf file that has all these lectures, click here.
A version that is being adapted for this term's class is here.

Two midterms count 25% each and are on October 7 and November 18. Same time and place as lecture.
Final counts 30% and is on December 9. Same time and place as lecture.
Quizzes count 20% and are at the beginning of each lecture.
They are based on the homework given in class the week before. The lowest 2 quizzes will be dropped.
NO make-up tests or quizzes.

Below I will post a list of homework problems.
Homework will not be collected. However, the only way to keep up with the pace of this course
and to prepare for quizzes and exams is to solve, at the very least, the assigned homework
problems in a timely fashion. Exams and quizzes aside, to learn the subject well you really need to
solve as many problems as you can. Doing math is the ONLY way to learn math.

Solutions to homework problems are available at the textbook author's website. However, use the
solutions as a LAST resort. Only after you have tried everything else and "suffered" enough!
Do NOT consider that you overcame that particular weakness if you looked at the solution!
You will need to do other similar problems in this case.

Homework Problems:

Section 4.4: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17
Section 4.3: 1, 2, 4
Section 4.2: 5
Section 3.7: 1, 3
Section 3.5: 2
Section 3.4: 1, 3, 4, 5
Section 3.3: 3, 4
Section 3.2: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Section 2.8: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 14, 16
Read new additions to the notes: Exercises 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 3.8, 7.4, 7.11, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2,
       12.6, 14.6, 19.5, 19.7, end of lecture 13 (what comes after (15)), and lectures 18 and 20

Midterm 1 was graded out of 40. Scores 0-7 are very bad, 8-15 are in trouble, 16-23 are in a
tough spot (better than 8-15, but not good enough). These need to really worry at the moment!
We should talk! Scores 24-31 are hopeful, 32-40 have no problem. These should not worry at the
moment, but should keep up the good work. Here's a pie chart showing the distribution of these categories.

Section 2.8: 3(answer it for (R2/R1,R1) instead of just R2/R1), 5, 6, 9, 13
Section 2.7: 1, 2, 3, 8
Section 2.6: 4
Section 2.4: 2, 3, 9
Section 2.5: 1, 2
Section 2.3: 1, 2
Read section 2.2
Read section 1.7 carefully
Section 1.6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Section 1.5: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Section 1.4, additional reading: Read these, these, and these; notes.
                                      Solve 1.15, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.23, 3.26 in these notes
Section 1.4: 1, 2, 4, 6, 13
Section 1.3: 2
Section 1.2: 1, 2, 3, 4
Play the three doors game!
Use a simulation of the three doors game, and see how many times you win the car,
if you switch v.s. if you don't.
Why should you switch?
A diagram illustrating why you should switch.