MAS31002/61022 - Probability with Measure
This is the course web page for MAS31002 and MAS61022.
To contact the lecturer: n.p.freeman@sheffield.ac.uk
Lectures are at 11am on Mondays in LT 5, and at 9am on Thursdays in LT C, both in the Hicks Building.
Exercises and solutions can be found inside the lecture notes (below).
Assignments will be set in lectures, three times per semester, to be handed in, marked and also returned in lectures.
Office hours are (usually) 12.30-1.30 on Thursdays, in room 20 on floor I of the Hicks building. You may simply turn up, but priority will be given to those who book a time. If those times are not possible for you, please email to arrange a convenient time. Please bring your (incomplete!) solutions to problem sets and/or questions from the lecture notes.
Lectures will use the blackboard, and occasionally slides. Please bring your copy of notes to lectures, for reference and annotation.
Lecture notes, also containing exercises and solutions.
Web-page version of lecture notes, with identical content to the pdf version.
Assignment 1, Solutions
Assignment 2, Solutions
Assignment 3,
Assessment is by an exam, in the summer, at the end of the whole course.
Past exam papers and solutions for MAS31002.
Past exam papers and solutions for MAS61022.
Note on past papers: Prior to 2023/24, MAS61022 was known as MAS451 and MAS6352. The old version contained some additional material on Fubini's Theorem that is no longer included. The new version contains material on inequalities and the CLT that was not previously included.
Prior to 2023/24, MAS31002 was known as MAS350. The content is unchanged.
The exam lasts 2 hours, and the rubric reads:
"Candidates should attempt ALL questions.
The maximum marks for the various parts of the questions are indicated.
The paper will be marked out of 50."