Math 1610: Probability

Professor Richard Kenyon
Tel. 863-6406
rkenyon -at- math dot brown dot edu
office: Kassar 305
Office hours: 1:30-2:30pm Mondays or by appointment.

Text: Grinstead and Snell, Introduction to Probability

Course outline: We'll cover most of the material in the book.



Grading: there will be one midterm, one final, and weekly homework.
Your final grade will be weighted as follows: Homework 35% Midterm 25% Final 40%.
Your lowest homework grade will be dropped.

Homework 1 due in class Tuesday Sept 17:
Please try to do the simulations yourselves.
Here are simulations for problem 3.
Here are simulations for problem 6.
Here are 20 simulations for problem 7.
Here are simulations for problem 14.
Page 13: 3, 5, 6, 7, 14
Page 35: 9, 15, 16, 19, 29, 31

Homework 1 due in class Tuesday Sept 24:
Page 71: 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16