Math 415
Applied Linear Algebra


Fall 2008 Course Information


Instructor Xiaochun Li
Office 235 Illini Hall
Lectures MWF 1:00-1:50 in 245 ALTGELD
Office Hours MW 12:00-1:00pm.
TA TBA
Textbook Peter J. Olver and Chehrzad Shakiban, Applied Linear Algebra
Grading In order to obtain credit for the course, a student has to take the final exam. The final grade is calculated as follows:
Final exam : 50 percent
Midterms: 40 percent (20% for each)
Homework: 10 percent
Exams The first exam will be on Friday, Oct 3 in class. The exam I will cover Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6. Here is the answer for Exam I .
The second exam will be on Friday, Nov. 7 in class. The exam II will cover Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6. Here is the answer for Exam II .
Homework Here is the assigned homework for the class. The homework assigned in each week will be due in class on the next Friday.
Syllabus Here is the syllabus of the class.