Math 115 - Homework 13

Due in recitation Wednesday Dec. 6 or Friday Dec. 8.

BE CAREFUL ON PROBLEMS FROM [P] ON MARKOV PROCESSES SINCE THE TRANSITION MATRICES IN THE TEXT ARE FLIPPED VERSIONS OF WHAT WE USED IN CLASS.

Reading: Sections 7.1-7.6 of [P].

Maple :

  • Nothing this week.
  • Core Problems : Sections 7.1-7.6 of [P]. (Note that all matrices from 7.29 on should be flipped to agree with our notation of Stochastic matrices.)

    Other problems :

    Sample Exam Questions:


    Texts :

  • [C] Thomas’ Calculus Early Transcendentals Custom Edition for the University of Pennsylvania Pearson 2011. ISBN 10: 1-256-32659-3 ISBN 13: 978-1-256-32659-5.
  • [P] Schaum's Outlines Series "Probability", 2nd edition, by Seymour Lipschutz, McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-135203-1 or 0-07-175561-0.
  • [H] "Linear Algebra" by Jim Hefferon, St. Michael's College; text dowloadable for free from http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linalg.html/.