Instructor: Federico Marchetti.
Room: Padelfort C-414
Voice Mail: (641) 715-3900
Fax: (425) 368-3175
Phone: (206)
616-0548
E-Mail: fm1@u.washington.edu
Web Page: http://faculty.washington.edu/~fm1
Office Hours: Mon-Wed 12:00-1:00 or by appointment
Any relevant news will be given in class. Every effort will be made to make the information available on the class web page (http://www.u.washington.edu/~fm1/Intros/) in a timely matter, but it is your responsibility to be informed on any information given in class.
2.0 in either MATH 126 or MATH 136. Recommended: MATH 324 or MATH 327
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:50-11:50
ARC 160
Section C: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:40-10:40 ARC 160
There will be two Midterm Exams, tentatively scheduled for
July 13
August 13
Effective dates will be announced in class, and posted on the web page.
Final Exam is scheduled for August 20, at our regular class hours
One letter-sized double-sided “cheat sheet” allowed in exams.
In principle, there will be no makeups. If you have a serious and documented reason why you would miss an exam, report it beforehand, for a replacement test to be organized.
Homework will be assigned weekly. Specifically designated homework will be graded for credit. Credit homework will be collected on Mondays.If you cannot turn in because of a forced absence, turn it in in advance. Late submissions will not be graded. However, you are encouraged to turn in past due homework anyway: it is better to do the work late than not to do it at all. As "reward" you will get a bonus for "participation".
Please, turn in your work in stapled standard letter-sized sheets. Group work is acceptable, and, in fact, encouraged. Be aware that you still need to master concepts and methods personally. Your homework submissions have to be by you alone, in your own words.
Do not forget to write your name. Anonymous work will not be graded. Write your answers in good English, and in good “Mathspeak”. Explain all your work: answers need to be justified. Stand-alone formulas, “yes”, “no”, numbers, etc. are not acceptable answers.
Grades will be computed according to the following guideline:
Item |
Percentage |
|---|---|
Homework |
10% |
Exams (3) |
30% each |
The instructor reserves his right to deviate from this guideline, if circumstances (such as proved improvement, or the reverse) should warrant it.
The following is an approximate grading scale
Percentage Score |
Grade |
|---|---|
at least 90% |
4.0 |
at least 70% |
3.0 |
at least 55% |
2.0 |
The instructor reserves his right to deviate from this guideline, if circumstances (such as proved improvement, or the reverse) should warrant it.
To ensure confidentiality, grades will not be recorded on your papers, nor on this website. We will use Catalyst for grade posting.
Sheldon Ross: A First Course in Probability. 8th Edition. Prentice Hall, 2010
We will cover the first 5 chapters of the book, and give a quick introduction to the topics in chapter 6 (and, if possible, to selected items from the later chapters). The topics to be introduced are
For a detailed class schedule, refer to the class web page http://www.u.washington.edu/~fm1/Intros/