Announcements

Feb. 7, 2012 (6:43 PM)

I made a slight change to part (d) of Problem 2 on HW #1 (to make the problem easier). See the home work web page for more information.

Feb. 3, 2012 (9:52 AM)

I got ahead in my work, preparing HW #2 well in advance of when it is needed. But I weant ahead and posted it on the home work web page. (I'll cover some of the material pertinent to Problems 1-5 (which is in the first 16 pages of the class notes about Sec. 5.5 of the text) next week, and I'll cover the rest of the material pertinent to Problems 1-5 the following week. The material pertinent to Problem 6 (the last 4 pages of my notes on Sec. 5.5 of the text) and the material pertinent to Problem 7 (the first part of the class notes about Sec. 6.2 of the text) won't be covered until Feb. 14.)

Jan. 24, 2012 (7:34 AM)

I posted HW #1 on the home work web page. (I'll cover the material Problems 1-3 are based on tonight, and I'll cover the material pertinent to Problem 4 next week.)

Jan. 20, 2012 (8:31 AM)

I just finished modifying this web site to make it ready for the start of the Spring 2012 semester. (If you visited the web site between about 6:30 and 8:30 this morning, you caught me in the middle of modifying it.) Please take time to read the syllabus rather carefully. I'll expect students to comply with all of the stated rules and procedures. *** I'll warn you up front that this is known to be one of the more difficult M.S. level courses offered by my department, although my experience has been that students who do poorly are those who start the semester without having a good enough background in calculus and probability. If you haven't sufficiently mastered the prerequisite material, I advise you to wait until later to take this course.