Math 241
(Last updated Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at 2:45pm)
Meetings
The first class meeting will be on Monday, February 1 at 1:40pm.
After the first week of class, we will use Monday's class time as an office hour meeting 1:40–2:40pm and we will have a live class session on Wednesdays 1:40–2:40pm.
All meetings will occur on Zoom (Zoom Link).
Materials
Textbook: Grinstead, Charles M. and Snell, J. Laurie. Introduction to Probability.
Solutions to odd-numbered problems in the Grinstead–Snell book
Optional Textbook: Ross, Sheldon. A First Course in Probability.
Online calculators: WolframAlpha, Symbolab
Contact: You can always reach me via email at nicholas.vlamis@qc.cuny.edu. I will generally respond within 24 hours.
Math Tutoring Lab: there will be some tutoring available for 241 this semester (see below for details).
Week 5 (3/1--3/5)
Reading: the Binomial Probabilities and Binomial Distribution subsections of Section 3.2.
Week 4 (2/22--2/26)
Reading: Section 4.1 (Do not read the subsections dealing with Baye's probability and Baye's formula, those are for next week).
Quiz 2 --- Due Thursday, February 25
Homework 3 --- Complete by Monday, March 1.
Week 3 (2/15--2/19)
Schedule Change Notice: The college is closed on Monday in observance of President's day. Office hours on Monday are cancelled, but Wednesday's class time will be treated as an office hour. Quiz 1 will be handed out on Wednesday at 3pm and will be due anytime on Friday. There is only one video for this week, since we would have lost a day during a regular in-person class.
Read the Poker Hands subsection of Section 3.2.
Homework 2 --- Complete by Monday, February 22.
Quiz 1 --- Due Friday, February 19.
Week 2 (2/8--2/12)
Read Section 1.2 pages 18--29. Makes sure to read the subsection labelled Odds. I won't go over this in class, but I expect you to know it.
Read Section 3.1 through subsection Permutations.
Many of the sections in the book end with a subsection entitled Historical Remarks. These subsections are never mandatory reading, but they are really interesting.
Homework 1 --- Complete by Wednesday, February 17
In case you are interested, here is a link to the Birthday Problem Calculator I used in class. It may be helpful on future exercises.
Week 1 (2/1--2/5)
Quiz 0 — Due Friday, February 5
Random Walk Video (Not Required)