course syllabus and summary

Here is the official course syllabus. This class will cover applications of mathematics that appear in the "real world": probability, statistics, voting theory, decision theory, game theory, and introductory finance. We will make extensive use of our course Piazza page.

End-of-semester update: here is a detailed summary of our course content, with an indication of which topics I think form the take-home message of this course.

important dates

  • Midterm 1: Friday, October 5th, in class
  • Midterm 2: Friday, November 30th, in class
  • Final paper due: Tuesday, December 18th
  • help resources

  • Math Department Approved Tutors
  • Weingarten Learning Resources Center
  • links

  • Blackboard
  • Code of Academic Integrity
  • Undergraduate math at Penn
  • Academic Calendar
  • Monty Hall problem simulator
  • Another Monty Hall problem simulator
  • Bernoulli trial simulator
  • PA polling data
  • Johnny Carson and the birthday problem
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