MAT330/681 LECTURE 18 (4/4/2022): GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS, INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES





Announcements: Today's lecture was conducted in person, but, as an alternative, you will find below a sequence of videos covering the same topics, as well as the PDF file with the corresponding notes. Please remember that HW9 is due Wednesday, as usual. The next two classes will be held remotely asynchronously, as per our day-by-day schedule.


• Video 1: Solving a probability problem with elementary geometry: Download file or watch below


• Video 2: Classic "breaking a stick" problem: Download file or watch below


• Video 3: Independent (continuous) random variables -- Part I Download file or watch below


• Video 4: Independent (continuous) random variables -- Part II (clarifying the end of previous video): Download file or watch below


• Video 5: Example of independent/not independent random variables: Download file or watch below




• Lecture Notes (static file from above videos): PDF file





Last updated: Apr 4, 2022, 11:00am EDT