Math 180A, Introduction to Probability, Fall 2017

Instructor: Danna Zhang (daz076@ucsd.edu)
Lectures: 12:00-12:50 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in Center Hall, Room 119.

Section A01 (5:00-5:50 PM on Tuesdays in Center Hall, Room 217A), TA: Ashley Chen (jic102@ucsd.edu)
Section A02 (6:00-6:50 PM on Tuesdays in Center Hall, Room 217A), TA: Ashley Chen (jic102@ucsd.edu)
Section A03 (7:00-7:50 PM on Tuesdays in Center Hall, Room 217A), TA: Andrew Ying (anying@ucsd.edu)
Section A04 (8:00-8:50 PM on Tuesdays in Center Hall, Room 217A), TA: Andrew Ying (anying@ucsd.edu)
Section A05 (5:00-5:50 PM on Tuesdays in Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 2150), TA: Samuel Verhaegen(saverhae@ucsd.edu)
Section A06 (6:00-6:50 PM on Tuesdays in Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 2150), TA: Samuel Verhaegen(saverhae@ucsd.edu)

Course Syllabus

Calendar and List of Course Topics

Office Hours

Danna Zhang : Mondays 2:20-3:50 PM and Wednesdays 2:20-3:50 PM (in 6121 Applied Physics and Mathematics)
Ashley Chen : Tuesdays 2:30-4:30 PM and Thursdays 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (in 294E San Diego Supercomputer Center)
Andrew Ying : Mondays 4:00-6:00 PM and Thursdays 1:00-3:00 PM (in 6442 Applied Physics and Mathematics)
Samuel Verhaegen : Mondays 4:00-6:00 PM and Thursdays 4:00-6:00 PM (in 5412 Applied Physics and Mathematics)

Announcements for Waitlisted Students

If you are on the waitlist for this course, it is very important that you keep up with the class, attend lectures, and submit homework assignments by the deadline while your waitlist status is being resolved.
Note that the first homework assignment is due on Wednesday, October 4, so it is really too late to join the course after that time.

Textbooks

The textbook for the course is A First Course in Probability by Sheldon Ross.
Elementary Probability for Applications by Rick Durrett is recommended as supplementary material, which can be viewed here through the UCSD library if you are on campus (click on “go to electronic version”). Instructions for setting up a VPN account to allow you to get to the library web site from off campus are available here.

Homework Assignments

You should turn in your homework to your TA's box, which is in the basement of Applied Physics and Mathematics, before NOON on the due date.
You will find the homework assignments in TritonEd (select “Content” from the left side of the screen once you have logged in). A link to the first homework assignment is also provided below.
Homework 1: due Wednesday noon, October 4.