MATH 280A: PROBABILITY (FALL 2003)

HOMEWORK

Homework is from the textbook by Chung. You should hand in the problems that are starred below.

Homework 1: due Monday, October 13 in class.
p. 19-20: 4, 6*, 11*; p. 24-25: 1*, 7; p. 31-32: 11, 17, 20*.
A hint was given in class for problem 11 on p. 20.

Homework 2: due Monday, October 27 in class.
p. 41: 4*, 5;
p. 46-47: 1, 5, 6*, 7;
p. 51-52: 12, 17, 19*; a hint was given for problem 19 in class. For bonus credit, you could also prove the result in that problem (using a different method) when it is assumed that the X_j have finite variance.
p. 65-67: 2, 8, 20*. Note: there is a typo in problem 20-- in the last line of the problem, "x in N'_y" should read "x NOT in N'_y".

Homework 3: due Friday, November 14 in class.
p. 74-75: 3*, 9, 10, 18*
p. 78-79: 2, 10
p. 82-84: 13, 14*, 15.

Homework 4: due Wednesday, December 3 in class.
p. 90-91: *3, 6.
p. 98-99: 1, 4, *6.
p. 104-105: 2 (p>=1), 7, *9.

Homework 5:
p. 119: 1, 2
p. 137; 8, 13.