Spring 2026
Syllabus: 26s4113-syllabus
Supplemental problem session: Tuesdays, 9:30 am–10:20 am, MSB 306
Homework Assignments
All problems are from the “Problems” section of the book. Problem numbers in bold are the focus problems. The assignments here are listed with their 10th edition numbering. See this page for the 9th edition numbering.
HW 1 (Jan 22)
Ch. 2: 3, 6, 8
HW 2 (Jan 29)
Ch. 1: 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30, 33
Ch. 2: 14, 20, 25, 33, 39, 45, 49, 56
HW 3 (Feb 12)
Ch. 3: 5, 10, 17, 21, 28, 32, 37, 45, 46, 52, 58, 63(a), 74, 77, 81
HW 4 (Feb 12)
Ch. 3: 86, 93
HW 5 (Feb 26)
Ch. 4: 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 17–19, 20, 23, 27, 30, 31, 32, 35, 39, 42, 44, 48, 50
HW 6 (Mar 3)
Ch. 4: 57, 60, 62, 64, 68, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87
Supplemental problems: hw-supplement (#1 is a focus problem)
HW 7 (Mar 12)
Ch. 5: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 37, 39, 42–44
HW 8 (Apr 7)
Ch. 6: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 37
HW 9 (Apr 9)
Ch. 6: 42, 43–45, 46, 47, 54
Ch. 7: 4, 5-7, 13, 16
HW 10 (Apr 27)
Ch. 7: 30, 36, 37, 40, 42, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 70, 73, 74, 80
HW 11 (Apr 27)
Ch. 8: 1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10, 13, 14–16
Lecture Notes
These notes are listed in the order in which they will be covered.
- Sections 2.1–2.3
- Sections 1.1–1.5
- Sections 2.4–2.5
- Sections 3.1–3.4
- Section 3.5
- Sections 4.1–4.3
- Sections 4.4–4.6
- Sections 4.7–4.10
- Sections 5.1–5.5
- Sections 5.6–5.7
- Sections 6.1–6.3
- Sections 6.4–6.5, 7.2
- Sections 7.4, 7.5.1–7.5.3
- Sections 7.5.4, 7.7
- Sections 8.1–8.4
Review of all covered material
Supplemental Notes
Conditional densities, mass functions, and expectation
Modes of convergence and the fundamental limit theorems