School of Mathematical Sciences

News

• Slightly revised and corrected notes are now available: see below.
• The examination rubric has been added to this page: see below.
• Questionnaire analysis may be found here.

General information

The organiser of the course is Mark Jerrum. Lectures are at the following times and places:

• Monday 14:00-15:00 in Maths 203
• Tuesday 10:00-11:00 in Maths 203
• Tuesday 11:00-12:00 in Maths 203

The Examples Classes are at the following times and places:

• Friday 13:00-14:00 in Maths 203
• Friday 15:00-16:00 in Maths 203

My office hours can be found here. I am in room 251.

Course descriptions

• Course Description from the College course directory
• Course Description from the Maths UG Handbook
• The lecture log charts the progress of the course.
• The examination rubric.

Coursework

• Coursework 1 (released 17th January, due 24th January) and solutions.
• Coursework 2 (released 24th January, due 31st January) and solutions.
• Coursework 3 (released 31st January, due 7th February) and solutions.
• Coursework 4 (released 7th February, due 14th February) and solutions.
• Coursework 5 (released 15th February, due 28th February) and solutions.
• Coursework 6 (released 28th February, due 6th March) and solutions.
• Coursework 7 (released 6th March, due 13th March) and solutions.
• Coursework 8 (released 13th March, due 20th March) and solutions.
• Coursework 9 (released 20th March, due 27th March) and solutions.

Notes

• Chapter 1 covers the material up to reading week.
• Chapter 2 covers the material after reading week.

Textbooks

• Taylor and Karlin, An Introduction to Stochastic Modelling. (Similar in scope and level to this course.)
• Grimmett and Stirzaker, Probability and Random Processes. (For those who want to delve further. More technical in style, but fairly readable.)

Past papers