Math 4305 BG&BU
Linear Algebra
Course Information (Spring 2004)

Time: MWF, 14:05-14:55
Place: Skiles 146
Text: G. Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd edition.
 
Instructor: Dr. Ronghua Pan
Office: Skiles 123
Phone: (404)894-8947
E-mail: panrh@math.gatech.edu
WWW: www.math.gatech.edu/~panrh
Office Hours: WF 1:00 pm-1:50 pm, Skiles 123, and by appointments.




Homework: Homeworks will be assigned once a week and they must be turned in on time. Homework turned in late will not be graded.
Tests: There will be three in-class tests (once every month) and one final exam.
Grading: Grades will be based on the exams and homework, your best ten homeworks count for 25%; your best two in-class tests count for 40% (20% each); the final exam counts for 35%.
 

Tentative Syllabus

 
Date
Topics covered
Homework
Week01
1/05-1/09  
 1.2, 1.3,
Hw1: PS , Pdf
Week02
1/12-1/16
1.4, 1.6,
Hw 2: PS , Pdf
Week03
1/21-1/23
1.5,  2.2
Keys to Hw1-2
Week04
1/26-1/30
2.1, Review, Exam 1
Week05
2/02-2/06
2.3, 2.4,  (Vector space)
HW3: PS , Pdf
Week06
2/09-2/13
2.5, 2.6,  3.1, 3.2,
HW4: PS , Pdf
Week07
2/16-2/20
3.3, 3.4, 3.5
HW5: PS , Pdf
Week08
2/23-2/27
Keys to Hw3-5, Exam 2
 Exam 2
Week09
3/01-3/05
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
HW6: PS, Pdf
Week10
3/08-3/12
Spring Break

Week11
3/15-3/19
 5.1, 5.2, 5.2
HW 7: PS, Pdf
Week12
3/22-3/26
Keys to Hw6-7 , Exam 3
   Exam 3
Week13
3/29-4/02
 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, App. B
HW 8: PS, Pdf
Week14
4/05-4/09
 6.1,  6.2,
HW 9: PS, Pdf
Week15
4/12-4/16
 6.3,   SVD 
HW10: ps, pdf
Week16
4/19-4/23
 6.4,  Review
Final, Key8-10


Final Exam, 4/27 at 11:30 am
Jordan: ps, pdf