Date

Topic

Assignment Due

In Class

Comment

1

 9/8/04

Wed

(B Schd)

Overview of the class

 

 

 

2

 9/10/04

Thurs

Problem Solving

 

Tabletop problem

(due date TBA)

 

3

 9/14/04

Tues.

Probability Intro

How to Count

 

 Sec 1.1, 1.2

Spider POW

(due next Thurs)

 

4

 9/16/04

Thurs.

More Counting

Section 1.2 probs: 1, 4, 5, 8, 10

 

 

5

 9/17/04

Fri

 

 Section 1.3 probs: 1, 2, 5, 9, 11

 

 

6

 9/21/04

Tues

Or statements

Section 1.4 probs:1, 2, 6, 9 OR 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10

and Poker Hands

 

 

7

 9/23/04

Thurs

at least and complements

Spider POW

Section 1.5 probs: 1, 3, 6, 7

 Spider Summary

 

8

 9/24/04

Fri

 

Write-up for the Tabletop

Problem is Due

 

 

9

9/28/04

Tue

 

 

QUIZ/TEST on

chapter one

 

 10

9/30/04

Thurs

 

Section 2.1: 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10b

and POW "495"

 

 

11 

10/1/04

Fri.

 

Section 2.1: 12-17 and the "Monty Hall Problem"

 

 

 12

10/5/04

Tueday,

Thurs. Schd.  

 

Section 2.2: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15 and "Birthday Problem"

 

 

13 

10/7/04

Thurs.

 

Section 2.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

POW "Distance on the Globe"

Bias distribution

 Bring Laptop!

14 

10/13/04

Tues

 

Section 2.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8

 

 15

10/15/04

Thurs.

 

Ch. 1-2 review problems: 4, 7, 9, 10, 22, 26, 30, 36, 42. Continuation of Poisson Distribution derivation. Bayesian parameter estimation problem.

 

 

 16

 10/15/04

Friday

 

 

Catch-up day

 

17

10/19/04

Tues

Start Ch. 3

3-1 Problems: 1-5

 

 

18

10/21/04

Thurs 

 

 

TEST ch1 and ch2

 

 19

10/22/04

Fri.

indicators

3-2 Problems 1-6

 

 

 20

10/26/04

Tues

 

3-3 Problems 2-7

 

 

 21

10/27/04

Wed

Thurs.Sch

 

 

 

 21

10/29/04

Friday

 

  4-1 Problems 1, 4, 5

 

 22

11/2/04

Tues

 

4-2 1, 3, 4, 7, 10

  POW 2H b4 5T

Due Tuesday 11/9

 

 23

 11/4/04

Thurs.

 

4-3: 5-8

 

 

 24

11/5/04

Friday

 

 

Quiz/Test 45 min

everything through Section 4.2

 

 25

11/9/04

Tuesday

 

2 heads before 5 tails

 

 

 26

 11/11/04

Thursday

 

 random problems

 

 

 27

11/12/04 

Friday

Thurs. Sch

 

Section 4.4 problems 5, 12, 14, 15, 16.

 Schrodinger Eq.

 

 28

11/16/04

Tues

 

Game Theory: Read Chapters 1, 2 do problems from ch2: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

 

 

 29

11/18/04

Thurs

 

Ch. 3 problems 1, 3, 4, 7

 

 

 30

11/19/04

Friday

 

In class problems