Problem of the Week

Spring 2008: Probability Theory Through History

Blaise Pascal
Problem One

Solution

Out: January 22, 2008
Due: January 30, 2008

  Pierre de Fermat  
Problem Two

Solution

Out: January 29, 2008
Due: February 6, 2008

Christiaan Huygens
Problem Three

Solution

Out: February 5, 2008
Due: February 13, 2008

Jean d'Alembert
Problem Four

Solution

Out: February 12, 2008
Due: February 20, 2008

James Bernoulli
Problem Five

Solution

Out: February 21, 2008
Due: February 29, 2008

Thomas Bayes
Problem Six

Solution

Out: March 13, 2008
Due: March 21, 2008

Pierre-Simon Laplace
Problem Seven

Solution

Out: March 20, 2008
Due: March 28, 2008


Andrey Kolmogorov
Problem Eight

Solution

Out: April 3, 2008
Due: April 11, 2008


Claude Shannon
Problem Nine

Out: April 13, 2008
Due: April 21, 2008
   


Monty Hall
Problem Ten

Out: April 20, 2008
Due: April 28, 2008