MATH 5010 Introduction to Probability
Instructor: Kunwoo Kim
Email : kkim@math.utah.edu
Office : JWB 126
Office Hours : Tue 3:00-4:00 in JWB 126, or by appointment
TA Office Hours: Shiu-Tang Li (li@math.utah.edu), Mon 3:10-4:00 in LCB Loft (4th floor), Fri 1:50-2:40 in Math Tutoring Center.
Class Meeting Times : TH 18:00-19:30 in JTB 120
Course Webpage: http://www.math.utah.edu/~kkim/math5010.html
Textbook:
We will follow the following lecture notes: Introduction to Probability, by Davar Khoshnevisan and Firas Rassoul-Agha.
(Strongly recommended) Basic Probability Theory, by Robert Ash. An electronic pdf copy of Ash's book is available at the at the author's website.
(Strongly recommended) Probability, by Jim Pitman, 1993.
Prerequisites:
"C" or better in MATH 2210 OR MATH 1260 OR MATH 1280 OR MATH 1321. Solid knowledge of Calculus I, II, and III.
Course Description:
We will try to cover all the materials in the notes. That is, combinatorial problems, random variables, distributions, independence and dependence, conditional probability, expected value and moments, law of large numbers, and central limit theorems.
Grading Policy:
There will be weekly quiz (20%), two midterms (25%+25%) in class and the final exam (30%). The dates for the exams are
| Midterm 1 | February 21 |
| Midterm 2 | April 11 |
| Final | April 30 (6:00-8:00 pm) |
No conflict exams and No make-up exams.
Homework:
Homework is out of the lecture notes. Go over the Exercises in the lecture notes. Note that homework will not be collected nor graded. However, the exam problems will be very similar to the homework problems. Thus, the only way to keep up with the pace of this course is to solve, at the very least, the assigned homework problems in a timely fashion.
Quiz:
Quiz will also be based on the homework and the lectures of the week before. The lowest 2 quizzes will be dropped.
ADA Statement:
The University of Utah is fully committed to policies of nondiscrimina- tion and equal opportunity. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, cognitive, systemic learning, and psychiatric disabilities, and the University seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services, and activities for people with disabilities. Reasonable prior notice is necessary to arrange such accommodations, and students are responsible for obtaining the accommoda- tions and notifying the instructor through official channels early in the semester.