Math 4305: Linear Algebra BG, BU, Q, QSZ
Course Information (Fall 2015)

Time: MWF, 14:05-14:55
Place: Weber SST III Room 1
Text: Otto Bretscher, Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th edition(2012).
 
Instructor: Prof. Ronghua Pan
Office: Skiles 108C
Phone: (404)894-8947
E-mail: panrh@math.gatech.edu
WWW: www.math.gatech.edu/~panrh/Teaching/Fall2015/math4305/4305.html
Office Hours: MW, 1-2 pm, Skiles 108C, and by appointments.
Academic Honesty:
All students are expected to comply with the Georgia Tech Honor Code (the honor code can be found at http://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/student-affairs/code-conduct). Any evidence of cheating or other violations of the Georgia Tech Honor Code will be submitted directly to the Dean of Students. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
  • Using an unapproved calculator, books, or any form of notes on tests.

  • Copying directly from any source, including friends, classmates, tutors, internet sources (including Wolfram Alpha), or a solutions manual.

  • Allowing another person to copy your work.

  • Taking a test or quiz in someone else's name, or having someone else take a test or quiz in your name.

  • Asking for a regrade of a paper that has been altered from its original form.




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 two in-class midterms and one final exam.
Grading: Grades will be based on the exams and homework, your best 9 homeworks count for 25%;
 in-class midterms count for 40% (20% each); the final exam counts for 35%.
  Curves: Curves will be determined by the median of the final percentage at the end of the semester. However typical letter intervals are
A: 90% and higher, B: 80%-89%, C: 70%-79%, D: 60%-69%, and F: 59% and under.

Tentative Syllabus (subject to change)

 
Date
Topics covered
Homework
Week 1
08/17-08/21
1.1, 1.2, 1.2          
Week 2
8/24-08/28
1.3, 2.1, 2.2
Week 3
08/31-09/04
 2.3,  2.4
Week 4
09/07-09/11
Labor day, 3.1, 3.2
Homework 4
Week 5
09/14-09/18
3.3, 3.4 , 4.1
Prepare for Midterm 1
Week 6
09/21-09/25
 4.2,  Review, Exam 1
Homework 5
Week 7
09/28-10/02
4.3, 5.1
Homework 6
Week 8
10/05-10/09
5.2, 5.3
Homework 7
Week 9
10/12-10/16
(fall recess), 5.4, 5.5
Homework 8
Week 10
10/19-10/23
6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Homework 9
Week 11
10/26-10/30
 7.1, 7.2
Prepare for Exam 2
Week 12
11/02-11/06
Review, Exam 2, 7.3
Homework 10
Week 13
11/09-11/13
7.4, 7.5,
Homework 11
Week 14
11/16-11/20
8.1, 8.2
Homework 12
Week 15
11/23-11/27
8.3, (Thanksgiving)

Week 16
11/30-12/4
Review and study


Final Exam, 12/09 at 11:30--14:20