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
    • 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

  • 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.
    • the Fifth Quiz is scheduled to take place on November 7, Friday

  • Homeworks:

  • Midterm Exam: on October 20, Monday, 8.10am-9.10
  • 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).