Markov Chains and Dynamical Systems (MCD), Fall 2025

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 302 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: Class on October 17, Friday canceled classes on November 28, Friday and December 12, Friday are canceled Makeup classes on October 16, Thursday, 2pm-4 (on top of the usual slot 10am-noon) October 18, Saturday, 10am-noon October 20, Monday, 8am-10 Makeup classes on November 24, Monday, 8am-10, Room 105 December 8, Monday, 8am-10, Room 105 Quizzes: this was the First Quiz on September 19, Friday. this was the Second Quiz on October 2, Thursday. this was the Third Quiz on October 9, Thursday. this was the Fourth Quiz on October 16, Thursday. this was the Fifth Quiz on November 7, Friday. this was the Sixth Quiz on November 21, Friday. this was the Seventh Quiz on December 5, Friday. this was the Eighth Quiz on December 11, Thursday. Homeworks: the First Homework was due on October 2, Thursday the Second Homework was due on October 16, Thursday the Third Homework was due on November 7, Friday the Fourth Homework was due on November 24, Monday here is the Fifth Homework, due on December 11, Thursday Midterm Exam: on October 20, Monday, 8.10am-9.10 Final exam: on December 16, Tuesday, 3-5pm, Room 002 Sample problems on dynamical systems for the final Online Consultation on December 13, Notes 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).