MATH 20F: Linear Algebra, Lecture B00
Winter quarter, 2009

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Course Description

Matrix algebra, solution of systems of linear equations by Gaussian elimination, determinants. Linear and affine subspaces, bases of Euclidean spaces. Eigenvaues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, orthogonal matrices, diagonalization of symmetric matrices. Applications. Computing symbolic and graphical solutions using Matlab.

Prerequisite

Math. 20C (or Math. 21C) with a grade of C- or better.

Textbook

David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and its Applications, 3rd edition, Pearson, 2006.
Tentatively, we will cover the following sections: 1.1-1.5, 1.7-1.9, 2.1-2.3, (2.5), 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.6, (4.7), 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.5, (7.1).

Lectures

10:00 am - 10:50 am, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Pepper Canyon Hall 106.

Instructor

Professor Bo Li.
Office: AP&M 5723. Phone: (805) 534-6932. Email: bli@math.ucsd.edu.
Office hours: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Mondays. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (for both Math 20F, Lecture B00 and Math 20C, Lecture D00), Fridays.

Discussion Sessions

Session B01, 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm, Tuesdays, Center Hall 220. TA: Vyacheslav Kungurtsev.
Session B02, 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm, Tuesdays, Center Hall 220. TA: Vyacheslav Kungurtsev.
Session B03, 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm, Tuesdays, HSS 2321. TA: Nicholas Nguyen.
Session B04, 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm, Tuesdays, HSS 2321. TA: Nicholas Nguyen.
Session B05, 6:00 pm - 6:50 pm, Tuesdays, HSS 2321. TA: Ravi Shroff.
Session B06, 7:00 pm - 7:50 pm, Tuesdays, HSS 2321. TA: ?

Teaching Assistants

Vyacheslav Kungurtsev (for Sessions B01 and B02)
      Office: AP&M 5748. Phone: (858) 532-2604. Email: vkungurt@math.ucsd.edu
      Office hours: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Mondays, AP&M 5748; 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Fridays, AP&M B402A (Calculus Lab)
Nicholas Nguyen (for Sessions B03 and B04)
      Office: AP&M 6446. Phone. (858) 534-9072. Email: ndn004@math.ucsd.edu
      Office hours: 1:40 pm - 3:40 pm, Mondays.
Ravi Shroff (for Session B05)
      Office: AP&M 6452. Phone: (858) 534-9073. Email: rshroff@math.ucsd.edu
      Office hours: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Thursdays.

Computer Labs

Thursdays (at the same time as your discussion section and lasts 50 minutes) at CLICS Mezanine Windows PC Lab.

Grader

Robert Rivera.
Email: rdrivera@ucsd.edu

Class Web Page

http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~bli/teaching/math20Fw09/

Calculus Tutorial

Place: AP&M B402A. Hours: check here.

Homework

Homework will be assigned and collected on Wednesday's lectures, graded partially, and returned in the following Tuesday discussion sessions. Click here for the assignments.

Note: Please print your names, student ID nubmers, and discussion section numbers on your homework. Please stable together your homework pages.

Note: no late homework will be accepted unless a written verification of a valid excuse (such as hospitalization, family emergency, religious observance, court appearance, etc.) is provided.

Matlab

Matlab sessions meet on Thursdays (the same hour of your regular discuss session). There will be five Matlab assignments, each of them due the following Tuesday discussion session. Here is the link to the Matlab Sessions and Assignments.

Exams

There will be two midterm and one final, close-book and close-note exams. No calculators will be allowed in these exams. The final exam will be cumulative.
      Midterm exam 1: Friday, January 30, 10:00 am - 10:50 am, Pepper Canyon Hall 106.
      Midterm exam 2: Friday, February 27, 10:00 am - 10:50 am, Pepper Canyon Hall 106.
      Final exam: 8:00 am - 10:59 am, Friday, March 20, Pepper Canyon Hall 106.

Note: neither rescheduled nor make-up exams will be allowed unless a written verification of a valid excuse (such as hospitalization, family emergency, religious observance, court appearance, etc.) is provided.

Grading

The final course grade will be determined based on the homework and exams with the weights: regularl homework - 10%, Matlab - 10% (each of the eight assignments is of 1% and the Matlab final is of 2%), midterm exam 1 - 20%, midterm exam 2 - 20%, and the final exam - 40%. The grades will be curved within the entire section B00.

Academic Integrity

Every student is expected to conduct themselves with academic integrity. Violations of academic integrity will be treated seriously. See http://www-senate.ucsd.edu/manual/Appendices/app2.htm for UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship.

Last updated by Bo Li on January 2, 2009.