Math 4305: Linear Algebra AG & AU
Course Information (Spring 2016)

Time: MWF, 12:05-12:55
Place: Skiles 249
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/Spring2016/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 10 homeworks ( out of 12) 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
01/11-01/15
1.1, 1.2, 1.2 , 1.3      
Week 2
01/18-01/22
MLK, 2.1, 2.2
Week 3
01/25-01/29
 2.3,  2.4
Week 4
02/01-02/05
 3.1, 3.2
Homework 4
Week 5
02/08-02/12
3.3, 3.4 , 4.1
Prepare for Midterm 1
Week 6
02/15-02/19
 4.2,  Review, Exam 1
Homework 5
Week 7
02/22-02/26
4.3, 5.1, 5.2
Homework 6
Week 8
02/29-03/04
5.3, 5.4,
Homework 7
Week 9
03/07-03/11
5.5, 6.1, 6.2,
Homework 8
Week 10
03/14-03/18
6.3, 7.1
Homework 9
Week 11
03/21-03/25
 Spring Break
Prepare for Exam 2
Week 12
03/28-04/01
Review, Exam 2, 7.2
Homework 10
Week 13
04/04-04/08
7.3, 7.4 
Homework 11
Week 14
04/11-04/15
7.5, 8.1,
Homework 12
Week 15
04/18-04/22
8.2, 8.3,

Week 16
04/25-04/29
Review and Final Exam


Final Exam, 04/29,  8:00 AM--10:50  AM