ANNOUNCEMENTS JAN 8   Homework 1 is now posted. It is due on Wednesday, Jan 15 at the start of class. JAN 8   Office hours will be on Mon 3:50-4:50 in BUCH A102, Fri 11-12 in my office, or by appointment. JAN 17 Homework 2 is posted, and is due on Friday, Jan 24 in class. JAN 17 The Piazza forum for our class is available and can be accessed via Canvas. JAN 24 Here is a tutorial on recurrence relations that I recently gave to highschool math olympiad students. JAN 24 The midterm will be on Thursday, Feb 13, 6-7PM in IBLC 182. FEB 10 The midterm will be on Thursday, Feb 13, 6-7PM in IBLC 182. If you cannot make this time, please take the midterm on Thursday, Feb 13 9:30AM in Buchanan A102. FEB 10 The midterm will cover everything done in class until the Ehrenfest chain (not included). More precisely, you should know - how to derive and use transition matrices - how to apply those to compute probabilities and expectations - how to classify a Markov chain and its states - how to study limiting probabilities (using different techniques and results seen in class) and their applications - the main results seen in class and how to do simple proofs Some past exams can be found here. Here is also another set of past midterms. FEB 25 The graded midterms are now available for pickup at the MLC. Here are the solutions: - midterm 1a solution 1a, - midterm 1b solution 1b. MAR 02 Office hours are now Wed and Fri 11-12 in ESB 4128. MAR 08 Office hours will be held in MATX 1102 from now on. LECTURE NOTES
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor:   Elina Robeva Email:   erobeva@math.ubc.ca Office:   ESB 4128 Office Hours:   Wed and Fri 11-12 in my office,   or by appointment. |
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COURSE INFORMATION
Math 303 Section 201 Class times and location:
Course web page for Section 201: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~erobeva/courses/WT2_19_20/m303_201.html will be updated throughout the term. Pre-requisites: MATH 302 or STAT 302 COURSE OUTLINE Text: The course text is S.M. Ross Introduction to Probability , 12th edition, Academic Press, (2010). The 11th and 12th editions are indistinguishable for our purposes, apart from changes to page numbers, and you should feel free to use the 11th edition. Problems assigned from the text will be identical in both the 11th and 12th editions. Outline/ Learning outcomes: The course will be based primarily on topics from Chapters 4, 5, 6 of Ross. The main topics are: 1. Discrete time Markov chains (Chapter 4) 2. Exponential distribution and Poisson process (Chapter 5) 3. Continuous time Markov chains (Chapter 6) Here is a pdf of the syllabus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GRADES Homework: There will be weekly written homework assignments. These assignments will be posted above. Late homework will not be
accepted. However, your lowest (written) homework
score will be dropped (so you can miss one homework if
necessary). Nevertheless, even if you miss a
deadline, its a good idea to do the problems, since this
is the best way to prepare for the tests and exam. You
are welcome to discuss the homework problems with your
friends, but you are expected to hand in your own work. You will not be permitted to bring
calculators to the test and exam. Your grade for the course will
be computed roughly as follows: Missing a homework, quiz, or midterm:
If you miss
an assesment (homework, quiz, or midterm)
for a valid reason -- see UBC Vancouver Senate's Academic
Concession Policy V-135,
please fill out an academic
request form and bring it
to me. In this case, for a missed homework,
the weight will be transferred onto the
remaining homework assignment. For a missed
quiz, the weight will be transferred to the
remaining quizzes, If you miss the midterm,
the weight will be transferred onto the
final exam.
Note that in accordance with UBC
policy for academic concessions, this form
may be used ONCE per course. On a second
instance, students will be expected to
provide documentation. Any student
who misses an assessment is to present to
their instructor a self-declaration form (or
relevant documentation if this is not the
first time they miss an assessment) within
72 hours of the assessment date or their
mark in the missed assesment will be 0. This
policy conforms with the UBC Vancouver
Senate's Academic
Concession Policy V-135 and students
are advised to read this policy carefully. Resources
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