Math 412 Lec.1 Fall 2004

INSTRUCTOR:

Matt Szczesny

  • Office: 4N59 DRL
  • Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm.
  • e-mail: szczesny@math.upenn.edu
  • phone: 215 573 9074

    GRADER:

    Tian Liang

  • Office 4N23 DRL
  • Office hours: Mon. 5-6 PM, Tue. 1-2 PM
  • e-mail: tliang@math.upenn.edu
  • phone: (215) 573-3500

    • TEXT:

  • Linear Algebra and its Applications, Gilbert Strang, 3rd Ed.

    GRADING:

  • 2 Midterms, each worth 25%
  • Homework and Projects, worth 20%
  • Final Project, worth 30%

    There will be no makeup midterms

    MIDTERMS:

  • Midterm 1 - Friday Oct. 15
  • Midterm 2 - Friday Nov. 19

    Practice problems

    Solutions

    Practice problems 2

    Solutions 2

    HOMEWORK:

    There will be weekly homework due each Wednesday by 5 PM in Tian's mailbox (Room 4W1). Some of the homework will involve Maple calculations. The lowest two scores will be dropped.

    No late homework will be accepted.

    Homework 1

    Homework 2

    Homework 3

    Homework 4

    Solution 4

    Homework 5

    Solution 5

    Homework 6

    Homework 7

    PROJECT

    Project Description

    VIDEO LECTURES

    Videos of Prof. Strang's lectures at MIT

    GRADES

    Your grades are available here

    Incompletes (I's) will not be given to avoid F's.

    SYLLABUS

    The plan is to cover the first five chapters of Strang's book, possibly with some added applications.