Topic outline

  • Week 2: Probability Primer (Chapter 2) and Algebra Primer (Chapter 3)

    Lecture: In the first half of the class, we will work on the probability primer questions in the breakout rooms. The second half of the class will be a lecture on the first connections between probability and algebra. We will talk about the binomial distribution, Zariski closure and the implicitization problem.

    Slides 16.9

    Worksheet 16.9


    Exercise session: You have the possibility to discuss in groups anything that remains unsolved on Homework 1 and include the results of the group work in your solutions. Everyone has to write up their own solutions.