Markov Chains and Dynamical Systems (MCD), Spring 2024

Budapest Semesters in Mathematics

 
Péter Bálint
Email: balint.peter@ttk.bme.hu
Office outside BSM: Egry József utca 1, Building H of the BME campus, office 509
Here is a map of the vicinity of building H



 

  • A syllabus, containing the topics covered, the course requirements etc.
  • A Log, to track what has been discussed at the classes.

  • Cancellations and Makeup classes:
    • classes canceled on
      • March 14 (Thursday),
      • March 19 (Tuesday) and
      • March 21 (Thursday).
    • Makeup classes on
      • March 7 Thursday, 2pm-3.45, room 104 (long class noon-3.45pm with several breaks)
      • April 4 Thursday, 2pm-3.45, room 104 (long class noon-3.45pm with several breaks)
      • April 19 Friday, noon-2pm, room 005  

  • Quizzes:
    • this was the First Quiz on February 15, Thursday.
    • this was the Second Quiz on February 22, Thursday.
    • this was the Third Quiz on February 29, Thursday.
    • this was the Fourth Quiz on March 12, Thursday.
    • this was the Fifth Quiz on April 4, Thursday
    • this was the Sixth Quiz on April 18, Thursday
    • we will have the Seventh Quiz on April 25, Thursday, in class.

  • Midterm Exam: on April 9, Tuesday, in class

  • Homeworks:
  • For a Probability recap, you may also consult Sections 1-10 in these Lecture notes, or Appendix A in Durrett's book
  • A cool animation by Alexey Korepanov on how Brownian motion emerges from a dispersing billiard
  • This video by Kelsey Houston-Edwards (PBS Infinite Series) is a nice intro to Markov chains

 



 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (see above).