Practical Linear Algebra

SSC 329C

Unique Number: 59720

Fall 2013
TTh 9:30-11am
Room: GDC 4.304

Instructor: Inderjit Dhillon (send email)
Office: GDC 4.704
Office Hours: Tue 11am-noon, or by appointment

TA: Si Si (send email)
Office: GDC 4.802G
Office Hours: M 2-3:30pm, W 3:30-5pm

Textbook

  • Introduction to Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang, Fourth Edition, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2009.

    • Pre-requisites

  • Credit or registration for Mathematics 408C, 408K, or 408N.

    • Handouts

  • Class Survey

    • Syllabus

  • Solving Linear Equations
  • Vector Spaces
  • Least Squares
  • Determinants
  • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  • Singular Value Decomposition
  • Applications

    • Grading

  • 35% midterms (2 exams)
  • 35% final exam
  • 25% homeworks (late homework policy is posted on Blackboard)
  • 5% class participation and attendance

    • Important Dates

  • Homework is assigned every week on Tue
  • Midterm 1: Oct 10 (in class)
  • Midterm 2: Nov 21 (in class)
  • Final: Dec 14 (7-10pm, Room: GDC 4.304)

    • Online Material

  • Strang's Video Lectures on Linear Algebra, Undergraduate course, MIT, Fall 1999.

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