All Students should be aware that the Department of Mathematical Sciences takes the NJIT Honor code very seriously and enforces it strictly. This means there must not be any forms of plagiarism, i.e., copying of homework, class projects, or lab assignments, or any form of cheating in quizzes and exams. Under the Honor Code, students are obligated to report any such activities to the Instructor.
» Instructor: Prof. Bhattacharjee
» Textbook: A Course in Probability Theory (3rd. ed.) by Kai Lai Chung; Academic Press, ISBN: 0-12-174151-6.
» Grading Policy: The final grade in this course will be determined as follows:
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30% |
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30% |
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40% |
Please note that the University Drop Date March 30, 2009 deadline will be strictly enforced.
» Homework Policy: Homework will be assigned in class. Late homework will not be accepted.
» Exam Policy: All exams are in class and are closed book.
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MATH DEPARTMENT CLASS POLICIES LINK
All DMS students must familiarize themselves with and adhere to the Department of Mathematical Sciences Course Policies, in addition to official university-wide policies. DMS takes these policies very seriously and enforces them strictly. For DMS Course Policies, please click here.
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January 19, 2009 |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday ~ University Closed |
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March 16-22, 2009 |
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Spring Recess ~ No Classes Scheduled |
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March 30, 2009 |
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Last Day to Withdraw from Classes |
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April 10, 2009 |
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Good Friday ~ University Closed |
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May 5, 2008 |
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Classes Follow a Friday Schedule, Last Day of Classes |
Course Outline:
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1-3 |
Jan.21 Jan.28 Feb.4 |
Measure And Integration, Probability Spaces, Independence |
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Feb.11 Feb.18 Feb.25 |
Borel-Cantelli And Other 0-1 Laws, Lp-Spaces, Useful Probability And Moment Inequalities |
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7-8 |
Mar.4 Mar.11 |
Types Of Convergence (In Probability, Almost
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Mar.18 |
SPRING RECESS: March 16–20, 2009 ~ NO CLASSES SCHEDULED |
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Mar.25 |
MIDTERM Exam: Wednesday ~ March 25, 2009 |
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» March 30, 2009: (M) LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS COURSE |
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Apr.1 |
Strong Law Of Large Numbers (Sllns) And Related Theorems |
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12-13 |
Apr.8 Apr.15 |
Conditional Probability And Conditional Expectation |
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14-15 |
Apr.22 Apr.29 |
Discrete Time Martingales And Applications |
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FINAL EXAM WEEK: May 7 – 13, 2009 |
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Prepared By: Prof. Manish Bhattacharjee
Last revised: January 16, 2009