Math 415 C13, Spring 2008

Linear Algebra

• Instructor: Aldo Manfroi, amanfroi at uiuc dot edu
• Class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00-10:50 am, in 245 Altgeld Hall
• Web pages
  • Daily reading and (non-graded) homework guide (Last updated on Apr. 29)
  • Graded homeworks and due dates (Last updated on Apr. 7)
  • Syllabus (as a PDF) (Last updated on Jan. 10)
  • Student feedback (anonymous)
• Office hours location: 231 Illini Hall, tel: 333-0217 (but it is much better to use e-mail to contact me!)
• Office hours time: Monday 12:20 pm - 1:20 pm, Wednesday 8:20 - 9:20 am, or by e-mail appointment
• Text: Olver and Shakiban, Applied Linear Algebra, 2006, Prentice-Hall. We will cover most of Chapters 1 to 9.
• Midterm 1: Feb. 15, in class, at regular class time. Material covered: Chapters 1 and 2. A practice test can be found here. A solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes.
• Midterm 2: March 28, in class, at regular class time. Material covered: Chapters 3, 4, and 5 (excluding the Cholesky factorization, sections 3.3, 3.6, 5.4, and 5.7. Include only first subsection of 4.4), and everything covered for the first midterm. A practice test can be found here. A solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes.
• Midterm 3: April 21, in class, at regular class time. Material covered: Sections 6.2, 7.1-7.2, 8.1-8.4, and everything covered for the first two midterms. A practice test can be found here. A solution can be found here. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes. Bring a photo ID!
• Final exam: 8:00-11:00 am, Tuesday, May 6. Location: in class. Material covered: Everything covered in class. See the daily reading guide for a partial summary. If in doubt, please ask me. No calculators, computers, handheld devices, books, or notes. Bring a photo ID!
• Online grades: you can check your grades for the graded homework and the tests here. Click on "Score Reports", you will be asked for your netid and password. Please check them for accuracy and report to me immediately any discrepancy with the scores you have on your homework or test. The column called final indicates the score you received on the final exam. You now have all the info you need to calculate your total score for the course following the grading policy explained in the syllabus. Letter grades are assigned on a 10 point scale, so that a score of 100-90 corresponds to an A, 89.99-80 to a B, and so on.