Math 1711: Finite Math

Summer 2016 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Syllabus

 
Instructor:
Shane Scott
 
Email:
 
Office:
Skiles 252
 
Hours:
MW 11-12 or by appointment

 
Recitation:
Sudipta Kolay
 
Email:
 
Office:
Skiles 151
 
Hours:
Tu 10:30-11:30

Resources

The Course


 

Date

Topic

Text

Links

Slides

 

 
1 August 8am
Final Exam
Final Review

 
 
Optimal Strategies
9.3
Game Theory
 
 

 
14 July
Exam 3: Chapters 2 and 8

 
13 July
Linear Programming
3
Linear Programming
 
 

 
11 July
Game Theory
9.1-2
Expected Value
 
 

 
Homework: 8.1-3 due 12 July

 
8 July
Absorbing States
8.3
Steady State
Day 21
 

 
6 July
Stable Distribution
8.2
Steady State
Day 20
 

 
29 June
Markov Chains
8.1
Markov Chains
Day 19
 

 
Homework: 2.1-5 due July 7.

 
28 June
Exam 2: Chapters 6, 7.1-5

 
27 June
Matrices
2
Inverses
Day 18
 

 
24 June
Matrices
2
Gaussian Elim
Day 17
 

 
22 June
Matrices
2.1-2
Matrix Mult
Day 16
 

 
Homework: 7.6-7 due June 30.

 
20 June
Normal Distribution
7.6-7
Normal
Day 15
 

 
17 June
Variance
7.5
Std Dev
Day 14
 

 
Homework: 7.4-5 due June 23.

 
15 June
Expected Value
7.4
E[X]
Day 13
 

 
13 June
Distributions
7.2
Distributions
Day 12
 

 
Homework: 7.2-3 due June 21.

 
10 June
Trees and Baye's
6.6-7
Bayes' Rule
Day 11
 

 
9 June
Exam 1: Chapter 5

 
8 June
Independence
6.5
Independent Events
Day 10
 

 
6 June
Conditional Probability
6.4-5
Monty Hall
Day 9
 

 
Homework: 6.4-6 due June 16.

 
1 June
Calculating Probabilities
6.3
Simpson's Paradox
Day 8
 

 
Homework: 5.8 due June 7. 6.1-3 due June 14.

 
29 May
Probability
6.1-3
Prob
Day 7
 

 
27 May
Binomial Thm
5.7
Binomial Thm
Day 6
 

 
Homework: 5.5-6 due May 31 and 5.7 due 2 June.

 
25 May
Repetition
5.6
Stars and Bars Repitition
Day 5
 

 
23 May
Trickier Counting
5.6,8
Perms & Combs
Day 4
 

 
Homework: Section 5.1-4 in MyMathLab due May 26.

 
16 - 20 May
Sets, Counting 101
5.1-5
Sets Mult. Princ. Add. Princ. Inclusion-Exclusion
 

 
Homework 0: Enroll and introduce yourself on Piazza. Enroll in the class in MyMathLab. Read Chapter 5. Get a head start in trying the homework.

Additional Interest and Help

Math Lab Tutoring
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