Probability 2                                                               Semester II 2015-16
http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/prob15b

Instructor: Siva Athreya

Office: A 12.

Course Texts:
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

  • R-Tutorials

    by Deepayan Sarkar

  • The Normal distribution I (From Binomial to Normal) Resonance 2 (1997), no.6, pp. 15 - 24 by S. Ramasubramanian.

    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 9:55-10:55 and 2:00-3:00pm and Thursday, 11:10am - 12:10pm 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 try to discuss the homework during Tuesday's second hour of class.

    Class Board Photos/Notes Homework Set Due Date
    January 5th (AM) 5th (PM) 7th (AM) 7th (PM)
    January 12th 14th
    January 19th 21st
    January 28th
    February 2nd (AM) 2nd (PM) 4th
    February 9th 11th
    February 16th (AM) 16th PM
    March 1st (AM) 1st (PM) 3rd
    March 8th 10th
    March 15th 17th
    March 24th 31st
    April 5th 6
    		Homework 1
    Homework 2
    Homework 3
    Homework 4
    Homework 5


    Homework 6
    Homework 7
    Homework 8
    Homework 9
    Homework 10
    Homework 11     		January 14th, 2016
    January 21st, 2016
    January 28th, 2016
    February 11th, 2016
    February 18th, 2016


    March 10th, 2016
    March 17th, 2016
    March 24th, 2016
    March 31st, 2016
    April 7th, 2016
    April 14th, 2016

    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 18 % of the grade. The Homework will be worth 2 % 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.