| Class dates | Topics | Chapter/ Sections | Recommended for practice | Required problems | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 9-16 | Recurrences Induction |
Class notes | Extra credit
Median problem | Set 1 | M 2/16 |
| Feb. 16-23 | Binomial theorem Difference calculus | Class notes
Rosen, sect. 5.4 | Financial math handout, ...
Extra credit | Set 2 | M 2/23 |
| Feb. 23-27 | Stirling numbers Higher differences | Class notes
Documents | In-class problems Lab problems | Set 3 | F 2/27 |
| M Mar. 2 | Exam 1 | ||||
| Mar. 3-9 | Summation calculus | Class notes
Documents | Asymptotics exercises
Calculus text problems | Set 4 | M 3/9 |
| Mar. 9-16 | Summation calculus Asymptotics | Class notes
Documents | In-class problems
Extra credit | Set 5 | M 3/16 |
| March 17 | Summation & asymptotics | Exam 2 | |||
| Mar. 19 | Sets, logic, and counting | Probability ch. 1
Class notes | Probability problems 1.9, 1.10, 1.28, 1.29, 1.33, 1.34, 1.36; 1.23, 1.61, 1.63 | ||
| Mar. 20,30 | How to count | Documents
Rosen, sects. 5.1, 5.3 Probability ch. 2 | Probability 1.9, 1.10, 2.8, 2.14, 2.17, 2.21, 2.25, 2.26, 2.33 | Rosen 5.1: #20, 30, 32
Rosen 5.3: #18, 24 | T 3/31 |
| Mar. 21-29 | | ||||
| Mar. 30-Apr. 3 | How to count |
How to count
Rosen, sects. 5.1,5.3-5.5,7.5-7.6 Probability ch. 2 | Counting Problems | Set 7 | M 4/6 |
| Apr. 6-9 | Probability | Class notes
Probability ch. 3 Rosen sect. 6.1 | Probability: 3.41, 3.44, 3.45, 3.47, 3.65
Rosen 6.1 #41 (classic) | Exam 3 / R 4/9 | |
| Apr. 14-17 | Probability
Conditional probability | Class notes
Probability chs. 3-4 Rosen sects. 6.1-6.3 | Probability 4.19, 4.30-32
Extra credit: Probability 3.64 & Unions, intersections, complements | Set 8 | M 4/20 |
| Apr. 20-24 | Random variables
Discrete distributions | Class notes
Rosen 6.4 Probability ch. 5, 6.1-2 | In-class problems
Special discrete probability distributions | Set 9 | M 4/27 |
| 4/27-5/4 | Moments, pgf
Generating functions |
Discrete probability distributions and summation formulas
Moments of a Discrete Random Variable/Distribution | Probability problems related to the basic discrete distributions | Set 10: Calculate pgf, mean, variance of discrete distributions;
Rosen 7.4: #16, 19, 20, 28+, 29 | M 5/4 |
| 5/7-8 | Generating functions
and counting | Class notes
Rosen 7.4 | In-class problems | Set 11: Rosen 7.4: #10, 12, 14, 16, 19 | M 5/11 |
| May 8, 11-15 | Difference equations
Recurrence relations | Rosen 7.2-7.3
LRRwcc | Rosen 7.3 # 7, 12, 13, 29-33
Extra credit due T 5/19 | Set 12 | M 5/18 |
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