Week 1

summary of the lecture

suggested work  Includes suggested problems, related text sections, more problems from the text.

some solutions  Here are solutions to some of the suggested problems.

Week2


summary of the lecture

suggested work

some solutions

Week3

summary of the lecture Includes a few new results not presented in class. Please read all of it.

suggested work Some of the readings & problems may not be clear until after our next lecture.


Week4

lecture: The lecture as given in class with a few pages of  extra important information on elementary conditioning (the conditioning part is mainly a review but make sure you read it and the corresponding sections in the text). There is also a summary of the topics discussed in class.

suggested work: Some readings from the text , suggested problems from the text and some extra problems related to the lecture.


Test1 coverage includes the material up to and including Week4. 

Week5


lecture: The lecture as given in class with a few pages of  solutions to a variety of problems.

suggested work: Read the lecture and finish the Week4 problems.

Test1
Week7

lecture: Part of the lecture as given in class.

suggested work: Please read the lecture and the suggested sections from the text. There are some important problems that you should do, some of which will be familiar from previous courses.
Week8

lecture: This is the lecture that was to be presented. Please read it. Much of the material is in section 7.5 of the text, but from a characteristic function approach (which we have yet to discuss). In addition, please read Chapter 8 of the text. This chapter was covered in STA257.

suggested work: p136: 2, 4, 5,11(read); p146: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9; p149 #1.
Week9
lecture: characteristic functions, various types of convergence, DCT, CLT, LLN's, Probabilistic DCT .

Suggested work: p146 #5; p124 #'s 2(assume convergence for all bounded cts functions), 3 ; p128 #'s 2, 3, 4 ; p130 #'s 1, 2 ; p130 #'s 1, 2 (read them); p135 #'s 1(read), 6 ; p285 #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ; p287 #'s 1, 2

Relevant sections from the text: 7.1-->7.7, chapter 8, chapter 16   Note: It is important that you read and understand most of the material in these sections, as well as the posted lectures for weeks 8 & 9.
Week10
Solution to many problems: Here are solutions to a variety of problems from the text.

Solution to many problems: Here are some important problems along with solutions.

lecture:

Test2 covers up to week 10.