Ma 140b - Probability: Random Walks, Spring 2022

Instructor. Omer Tamuz, Baxter 213. Office hours are Mondays at 2:05pm.

Teaching assistant: Jeck Lim. Office hours are Wednesdays at 3pm-4pm, at Linde 187.

Lectures. Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, 1 to 2, Hameetman Lecture Hall in Cahill.

Lecture notes. Complete lecture notes are available for this course. Note that this is not a textbook, but the actual notes used to give the lectures. Also, these are a work in progress.

Homework. Collaboration on homework is encouraged, but individually written solutions are required. Also, please name all collaborators and sources of information on each assignment; any such named source may be used. You can also use any result stated in the lecture notes. There will be, for each problem set, an opportunity to resubmit, and the final grade will be determined by the resubmitted sets. And don't plagiarize!

Problem sets are to be submitted on gradescope, which is accesible through canvas.

Set 1. Due April 22^nd.
Set 2. Due May 6^th. Please solve problems 7 through 12 from the Exercises section of the lecture notes.
Set 3. Due May 17^th. Please solve problems 13, 14 and 15 from the Exercises section of the lecture notes.
Set 4. Due May 31^st. Please solve problems 16 and 17 from the Exercises section of the lecture notes.