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| Course outline |
| The course will be given on the basis of 3 hours a week (Tuesday, 10~12 AM and Thursday, 11~12 AM) in 綜合三館 room 203. The materials for teaching will be regularly posted on the course website |
| (http://www.stat.nthu.edu.tw/~swcheng/Teaching/math2810/). |
| This course introduces students to useful and interesting ideas of the mathematical theory of probability, and to a number of applications of probability to a variety of fields including genetics, economics, geology, business, and engineering. The theory developed together with other mathematical tools such as combinatorics and calculus are applied to everyday problems. Concepts, calculations, and derivations are emphasized. Topics include the basic results and methods of both discrete and continuous probability theory: conditional probability, independent events, random variables, jointly distributed random variables, expectation, variance, covariance, and limit theorems. |
| Textbook |
| Ross, S. (2009), A First Course in Probability, 8th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall. |
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Prerequisites
| * | Knowledge of Calculus. |
