MATH 1711, SPRING 2014

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

(NOTE: Dates and material coverage are subject to change, depending on how far we get in class each day.  Please use this as an approximate guide.)

Dates

Sections to be discussed

January 7

5.1, 5.2: Sets and Counting

January 9

5.2, 5.3: Counting and Venn Diagrams; The Multiplication Principle

January 14

5.4 The Multiplication Principle

January 16

5.5, 5.6: Permutations and Combinations

January 21

5.7: Binomials

January 23

5.8: Multinomials

January 27

Midterm # 1 (*midterms are Monday in recitation)

January 28

6.2, 6.3: Sample Spaces and Probabilities

January 30 - Feb 4

6.4: Probability using Couting

February 6

6.5: Conditional Probability and Independence

February 11

6.6, 6.7: Tree Diagrams and Bayes' Theorem

February 17

Midterm #2

February 18-20

7.2, 7.3: Probability Distributions, Binomial Trials

February 25

7.4, 7.5: Mean and Variance

February 27

7.6: The Normal Distribution

March 4

7.7: The Normal Approximation to the Binomial

March 10

Midterm #3

March 11-13

2.1, 2.2, 2.3: Gaussian Elimination and Matrix operations

March 17-21

Spring Break

March 25

2.4, 2.5: Inverses

March 27

2.6: Input/Output Analysis; Least Squares (from notes)

April 1-3

3.1, 3.2, 3.3: Linear Programming

April 7

Midterm #4

April 8-10

8.1, 8.2, 8.3: Markov Processes

April 15-17

9.1, 9.2, 9.3: Game Theory

April 21-25

The week before finals (review for final exam)

TBA

Final Exam