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6.436/15.085  Fundamentals of Probability

Fall 2011

Instructor: John N Tsitsiklis

TA: Yunjian Xu

Lecture:  MW 2:30-4:00  (32-141)
Recitation:  F 3:00  (34-301)
Office hour:  F 4:00  (34-301) T 1:00  (24-316)  

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Final

Dear students,

I have posted the solution for the final. The average is about 80. You can find your booklet on the desk out of my room (32D666). Have a nice holiday.

Best,
Yunjian

Announced on 22 December 2011  8:37  p.m. by Yunjian Xu

material covered in the final

the material of this last week is not to be covered in the final exam; everything else is included
-jt

Announced on 16 December 2011  4:28  p.m. by John N Tsitsiklis

End of term matters

1) If you have not yet done so, please take a moment to fill the course evaluation form, at:
http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/
The deadline is noontime tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 16).

2) The final exam will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 9am to 12noon, in du Pont.

3) Old final exams have been posted.

4) The exam will be closed book but you may bring with you two sheets (i.e., 4 pages) of notes.

5) The material in the last two lectures (the L2 theory of random variables and abstract conditional expectations) is covered in Sections 6.8-6.11 and 9.1-9.8 of the book by Williams in a pretty self-contained manner.

-jt

Announced on 15 December 2011  11:01  p.m. by John N Tsitsiklis

TA's office hour this Friday

There will be no recitation this week. I will hold office hours from 3pm-5pm at 34-301.

Announced on 13 December 2011  4:36  p.m. by Yunjian Xu

office hours this week

Monday 12/12, 2-2:30
Tuesday 12/13, 4:45-5:15
Wednesday 12/14, 1-1:30

-jt

Announced on 11 December 2011  11:50  p.m. by John N Tsitsiklis

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