Syllabus
MATH 286 LINEAR ALGEBRA AND PROBABILITY SPRING 1999
DR.. H.C. RAWICZ AR157 EXT 2636
TEXTS: 1.ELEMENTARY LINEAR ALGEBRA BY EDWARDS AND PENNEY, PRENTICE HALL
2.PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 6TH ED BY WALPOLE AND MYERS, PRENTICE HALL
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WEEK CLASS TOPICS CHAPTER BOOK HOMEWORK
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1 LINEAR EQUATIONS AND MATRICES 1 1 ODD PROBLEMS
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2 CONTINUED 2 1 ODD PROBLEMS
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3 VECTOR SPACES AND SUB SPACES 3 1 ODD PROBLEMS
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4 CONTINUED 4 1 ODD PROBLEMS
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5 SCALER & INNER PRODUCTS 5 1 ODD PROBLEMS
& ORHTOGONALITY
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6 EIGENVALUES & EIGEN VECTORS 6 1 ODD PROBLEMS
WITH APPLICATION TO ORDINARY
LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
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7 CONTINUED
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8 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS 1 2 ODD PROBLEMS
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9 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY 2 2 PG9-1,3 PG17-1,3,13
PG25-1,3 PG33-3,17
PG42-3 PG48-1
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10 RANDOM VARIABLES & 3 2 PG61-5,11,17 PG68-1
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS PG79-3,5,13
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11 MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATIONS 4 2 pg90-1,7,17,23
MEAN AND VARIANCE pg100-3,9,11
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12 CONTINUED pg111-1,3,5,11,17,21
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13 INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE 5 2 pg122-1,5b,c,9,23
pg131-1,3,7
pg139-1,7,15
& CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS 6 2 pg158-3,9,13
pg166-5,9
pg177-9,13,15
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14 FUNCTIONS OF A RANDOM VARIABLE 7 2 pg195-1,5,9,15,19
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15 FINAL EXAM
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GRADING:1.WEEKLY QUIZES 40%
2.MID TERM EXAM 30%
3.COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM 30%
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TOTAL 100%
NOTE:
HOMEWORK PROBLEMS ARE DUE ONE WEEK AFTER ASSIGNMENT.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
QUIZZES AND EXAMS ARE TO BE YOUR OWN WORK AS FOLLOWS:
YOU ARE TO NEITHER GIVE NOR RECEIVE ANY HELP DURING AN EXAM OR
QUIZ.
ANY VIOLATION OF THIS WILL CAUSE THE STUDENT(S) INVOLVED TO
RECEIVE A FAILING GRADE FOR THE COURSE AND POSSIBLE EXPULSION
FROM THE COLLEGE.