The Week Of |
Material Covered |
January 3 – January 5 |
Introduction |
January 8 – January
12 |
Metropolis and Glauber Dynamics |
January 16 – January
19 |
Gambler's Ruin / Coupon Collecting |
January 22 – January
26 |
Urns |
January 29 – February
2 |
Random Walks |
February 5 – February
9 |
Random Walks (Continued) |
February 12 – February
16 |
Card Shuffling |
February 19 – February
23 |
Coupling |
February 26 – March 2 |
Bottleneck |
March 5 – March 9 |
Hitting Times / Cover Times |
March 12 – March 15 |
Project Presentation |
Homework:
There will be three homework sets, due at the beginning
of the class on Tuesdays January 16,
January 30, and February 27.
Midterm:
A take-home midterm will be given, with a tentative due
date on Friday,
February 16.
Term Project: The term project can be targeted towards any Markov chains model (whether covered in class or not) and is due on Thursday, March 15.
Students
with Disabilities: If you qualify for academic
accommodations because of a disability or medical issue,
please submit a faculty letter to me from Disability
Services Program (DSP) in a timely manner so that your
needs may be addressed. DSP determines accommodations
based on documented disabilities/medical issues. DSP is
located on the 4th floor of Ruffatto Hall, 1999 E Evans
Ave, 303-871-2278. Information is also available online
at http://www.du.edu/disability/dsp;
see the Handbook
for Students with Disabilities.
Religious
Accommodations: University policy grants students
excused absences from class or other organized
activities for observance of religious holy days, unless
the accommodation would create an undue hardship.
Faculty are asked to be responsive to requests when
students contact them in advance to request
such an excused absence. Students are responsible for
completing assignments given during their absence, but
should be given an opportunity to make up work missed
because of religious observance. Once a student has
registered for a class, the student is expected to
examine the course syllabus for potential conflicts with
holy days and to notify the instructor by the end of the
first week of classes of any conflicts that may require
an absence (including any required additional
preparation/travel time). The student is also expected
to remind the faculty member in advance of the missed
class, and to make arrangements in advance (with the
faculty member) to make up any missed work or in-class
material within a reasonable amount of time.