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18.600 Probability and Random Variables

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Prereq: Calculus II (GIR)
Units: 4-0-8
Credit cannot also be received for 6.3700, 6.3702
Lecture: MWF1 (54-100) Recitation: R10 (2-147) or R11 (2-147) or R12 (2-147) or R1 (2-147) +final

Probability spaces, random variables, distribution functions. Binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, Poisson distributions. Uniform, exponential, normal, gamma and beta distributions. Conditional probability, Bayes theorem, joint distributions. Chebyshev inequality, law of large numbers, and central limit theorem. Credit cannot also be received for 6.041A or 6.041B.
S. Sheffield
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