Lecture Time: 2:00pm – 3:50pm (TR) Location: Aspen Hall
Middle 721
The Week Of |
Material Covered |
January 5 – January 9 |
Basic Concepts: Probability Spaces, Random
Variables, Independence |
January 12 – January 16 |
Basic Concepts: Calculating Probabilities,
Expectation |
January 19 – January 23 |
Basic Concepts: Theorems of a.s. Convergence |
January 26 – January 30 |
Basic Concepts: Characteristic Functions,
Convergence in Distribution |
February 2 – February 6 |
Basic Concepts: Conditional Probabilities,
Conditional Expectation |
February 16 – February 20 |
Selected Topics: Exponential Random Graph Models |
February 23 – February 27 |
Selected Topics: Introduction to Statistical
Mechanics |
March 2 – March 6 |
Selected Topics: Dirichlet Forms and Symmetric Markov Processes |
March 9 – March 13 |
Last Day of Classes: March 10. Review. |
Homework:
There will be three homework sets, due at the beginning
of the class on Tuesdays January 20,
February 3, and March 3.
Midterm:
A take-home midterm will be given, with a tentative due
date on Friday, February 13.
Final: A
take-home final will be given, with a tentative due date
on Friday, March 13.
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.
Honor
Code: Follow the Honor
Code in all activities related to this course.
Incidents of academic misconduct will be reported to and
investigated by the Office
of Student Conduct.