MA 344: Applied Linear Algebra

Class time: TTH 2:50pm-4:05pm @ Leconte 112

Textbook:

  • Introduction to Linear Algebra. 4th edition, by Gilbert Strang, ISBN: 978-0-9802327-1-4

Instructor Office: Leconte 317c
Office Hours:TTH 11:30pm-1:00pm or by appointment

Phone： 777-3776
E-mail: xfyang@math.sc.edu
  • Your weekly activities include:
    • Homework questions are regularly assigned each Thursday or Friday on the course website, please check this webpage regularly; Homework will not be collected, only the excersises after class
  • Homework
    • Homework 1: §1.1 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 28 ; §1.2 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 19, 31 , §1.3 # 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 §2.1 # 1, 4, 9, 11, 15, 17, 26, §2.2 # 1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 21, §2.3 # 3, 12, 17, 24, 25, §2. 4 # 3, 5, 6, 14, 20, 24
    • Homework 3: §2.5 # 1, 10, 22, 23, 27, 28,30, §2.6 # 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16 , §2.7 # 1, 2, 16, 20, 22,
    • Homework 4: §2.7 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22,
    • Homework 5: §3.1 # 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22, §3.2 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. §3.3 # 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15,
    • Test One: Feb, 18
    • Homework 6: §3.4 #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23,. §3.5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17. §4.1 # 3, 11, 17, 21,
    • Homework 7: §4.2 # 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22 , §4.3 # 2, 9, 17, 22, §4.4 #1, 2, 11, 18, 21,
    • Homework 8: §5.1 # 1, 2, 13, 14, 19, §5.2 # 1, 2, 11, 12, §5.3 # 1, 6, 17, 18,
    • Homework 9: §6.1 # 2, 3, 5, 6, 29 §6.2 # 1, 2, 9, 17, 19, §6.3 # 1, 2, 4, 10, 21, § 6.4 #3, 4, 5, 23, § 6.5, #1, 2, 3,4, 5,
  • Notice: From now on, the class will be taught remotely.
  • Lecture time: TTH 2:50-4:05pm
  • Lecture location: Zoom, Personal meeting id: 230-959-2647
  • Office hour: TTH 11:30pm-1:00pm through Zoom
  • Homework will be assigned as usual, but No Quiz.
  • No midterm, only Final exam this semester.
  • Final exam: take home exam and submitted on Blackboard.
  • Quiz: 20%, Exam 1: 25%, Final exam:55%.
  • Final exam : Apr 30, Thursday, 4:30 p.m. The exam paper will be posted on Blackboard on Apr 30, 4:30 p.m, the due date is May 1, 4:30pm. Students need to scan the answers into pdf and submitted on Blackboard before the due time.

 

    • Tenative Exam dates (may change):

      Test One: Feb, 18

      Test Two:

      Final Exam:


      (The dates might be changed up to progress.)


    How is your final course grade determined?

       

      See Syllabus

      [90,100] A, [86, 89] B+, [80, 85] B, [76, 79] C+, [70, 75] C, [66, 69] D+, [60, 65] D, [0, 59] F.

    Note: The exams are "closed book" – no books, no notes, no calculators, no labtop comptuer or equivalent technology

 



     


Attendance: Attendance at every class meeting is important - and expected. Students missing more than 10% of the class meetings (4 days) can have their grade lowered.

Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and plagiarism in any form is not tolerated. If a student is caught cheating, I will follow the guidelines as set forth in the USC Honor Code and other University guidelines.

 

Additional Information:

  • Math tutoring center
  • Bulletin of Undergraduate Studies
  • Notice from math department
    • The Math Tutoring Center in LeConte 105 will be open from 10am to 4pm Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th.The ACE Centers will offer free math tutoring Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th. Columbia Hall and Bates House will be open from 7pm until 9pm. Note that these times are different than in previous semesters. The ACE Center in Sims Hall will still be open from 6pm until 9pm.