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CSPP 50202: Mathematics for CS:
Counting, Probability, and Statistics
Summer 2008


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Homework 5 is posted: due Tuesday, September 9

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Schedule of lectures and problem sessions

August 6
Lecture 1: Growth of functions and asymptotic notation
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 3, sections 3.2 and 3.5
August 12
Lecture 2: Asymptotic notation; recursive definitions
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 3, section 3.2; chapter 4, section 4.3
August 13
Lecture 3: Recursive algorithms
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 4, section 4.4
August 19
Lecture 4: Recurrences
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 7, sections 7.1-7.2
August 20
Lecture 5: Solving recurrences
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 7, sections 7.1-7.2
August 26
Lecture 6: Counting
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 5, sections 5.1-5.5
August 27
Lecture 7: Finite probability
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 6, section 6.1-6.3
September 2
Lecture 8: Conditional probability; independence
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276
Reading assignment: Rosen chapter 6, section 6.4
September 3
Midterm
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
September 7
Problem session
1:00 - 3:00 pm in Ryerson 276
September 9
Lecture 9: Random variables and expected value
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276
September 10
Lecture 10: Variance
5:30 - 7:00 pm in Ryerson 276
September 14
Problem session
1:00 - 3:00 pm in Ryerson 276
September 16
Final examination
5:30 - 8:30 pm in Ryerson 276

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