` Probability 1
Probability 1                                                               Semester I 2016-17
http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/prob15

Instructor: Siva Athreya

Office: A 12.

Course Texts:

Siva Athreya, Deepayan Sarkar and Steve Tanner, Probability and Statistics with Examples using R
William Feller, Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications, Volume I
Jim Pitman, Probability
Shelden Ross, Introduction to Probability Models
Paul Hoel, Sidney Port, and Charles Stone Introduction to Probability Theory



Web Resources:

  • Virtual Probability Lab



    E-Mail: My e-mail address is athreya AT isibang DOT ac DOT in. Please send me an email, from an account that you use regularly, so that I can put you on the class list.

    Classes : Tuesday 8:55-9:55 and 2:00-3:00pm. Thursday 8:55-9:55 and 2:00-3:00pm.

    Homework: There will be regular homework assignments during the semester. A selection of which will be required to be turned in. You are encouraged to work together on solving the problems but write up your own individual solutions. The course requires at least one half hour of study for each hour of class time. Homework will be given out in class and posted on the web. It is imperative that you try,(and write up solutions for), the homework problems before their respective due dates. The problems that will be given are a small selection so please do try other problems for practice from the texts. We shall discuss the homework during Thursday's second hour of class.


    Thursday 2-3pm: This class will be taken by Atul Shekar. Office: S-22 and atulshekar83 AT gmail DOT com is his email address.


    Quiz Solutions
    Final Exam Solution
    Homework Set Due Date
    Homework 1 July 28th, 2016
    Homework 2 August 4th, 2016
    Homework 3 August 11th, 2016
    Homework 4 (part1) August 16th, 2016
    Homework 4 (part2) August 18th, 2016
    Homework 5 August 25th, 2016
    Homework 6 September 1st, 2016
    Homework 7 September 6th, 2016
    Homework 8 September 29th, 2016
    Homework 9 October 6th, 2016
    Homework 10 October 13th, 2016
    Homework 11 October 20th, 2016
    Homework 12 October 27th, 2016
    Homework 13 November 9th, 2016
    Class Board Photos:

    Quiz: There will be a short test on Thursday in the class. The test will have one question and will be essentially based out of the previous week's homework.

    Scoring: Midterm 1 is worth 30 % of the grade. Final exam is worth 50 % of the grade. The quizzes consists of 20 % of the grade.

    Feedback: Please feel free to drop by my office, to clear up difficulties or to just discuss mathematics. I would appreciate feedback from you as the course progresses. If there are suggestions/clarifications that you have then feel free to ask me.


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