Graduate
Course: Foundations of Probability Theory (Credits: 04, Fall Term 2005)
Tentative Syllabus
Lectures:
18:00pm to 20:00pm Monday and 10:00am to 12:00am Thursday in J8-306.
Instructor:
Zenghu LI, Office: J8-403(w),
Grader:
Hui He
Website:
http://math.bnu.edu.cn/~lizh
Prerequisites:
Elements of Calculus and Probability.
Homework: Homework of each week is due in class on Monday of the next week. Your graded homework will be returned to you on the next Thursday. Please write logically and legibly, and show all your deductions in the solutions. No score will be given for identical copies of solutions. Late homework will not be accepted.
Quizzes: During
the term, there are several in-class quizzes. The main purpose of the
quizzes is to help the instructor to adjust the speed and contents of the
course according to your level of understanding. The result of each quiz
would contribute 2% to 4% to the final grade of the course (1% for each
problem). Please write logically and legibly, and show all your deductions
in the solutions. No score will
be given for identical copies of solutions. You are allowed to look into the textbook
and your notes of the lectures in the quizzes. There is no makeup quiz.
Exams: There
is a midterm exam and a final exam. Please write logically and legibly, and show all
your deductions in the solutions.
No score will
be given for identical copies of solutions. You are not
allowed to look into the textbook and your notes in the exams.
There
is no makeup exam.
Grades: Your course grade will be determined by Homework and Quizzes (20%), Midterm (20%), Final (60%).
Attendance: Attendance is mandatory.
Tentative
Timetable
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Homework
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Week 01 |
1.1; 1.2 |
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Week 02 |
1.3; 1.4 |
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| Week 04 | 3.1; 3.2 |
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| Week 05 | 3.3; 3.4 |
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Week 06 |
4.1; 4.2 |
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| Week 07 |
4.3; 4.4 |
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| Week 08 | 5.1; 5.2; 5.3 |
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Week 09 |
5.4; 6.1 |
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Week 10 |
6.2; 6.3 |
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Week 11 |
6.4; 6.5 |
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