Math 265, Section 32: Elementary Linear Algebra


Course Information

Professor: Kiril Datchev
Email: kdatchev@purdue.edu
Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 10:30-11:45 AM, in UNIV 219
Office hours: Wednesday and Thursday 1:30-2:30 PM, in MATH 602, or by appointment

Linear Algebra Textbook: Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications, by B. Kolman and D. Hill, 9th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007
Matlab Textbook: Linear Algebra Labs with MATLAB, by D. Hill and D. Zitarelli, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004

Grading

  • 15% Online Homework
  • 10% Hand-graded Homework
  • 20% Midterm I, on October 2, covering everything through section 4.3. Midterm review problems.
  • 20% Midterm II, on November 6, covering everything through section 5.6 Midterm review problems.
  • 35% Final Exam, date TBD

    Homework

    Online homework is due Thursday evenings at 11:40 PM. Submit it to the webassign page. Hand-graded homework (these are the starred and MATLAB problems in the assignment sheet below) is due Thursday mornings in class at 10:30 AM, or in MATH 602 by 2:30 PM.

    Homework due (see webassign or the assignment sheet for details)

    Aug 28: Nothing
    Sep 4: Exercises to Sections 1.1,1.2,1.3 (Lessons 1,2,3)
    Sep 11: 1.4,1.5,2.1,2.2 (Lessons 4,5,6)
    Sep 18: 2.3,3.1,3.2 (Lessons 7,8,9)
    Sep 25: 3.3,3.4,3.5,4.1 (Lessons 10,11,12)
    Oct 2: 4.2,4.3,4.3 (Lessons 13,14,15) MIDTERM 1 (Midterm review problems)
    Oct 9: Nothing
    Oct 16: 4.4,4.5,4.6 (Lessons 18,19,20)
    Oct 23: 4.6,4.7.4.9 (Lessons 21,22,23)
    Oct 30: 4.9,5.1,5.3 (Lessons 24,25,26)
    Nov 6: 5.4,5.5,5.6 (Lessons 27,28,29) MIDTERM 2 (Midterm review problems)
    (Note: For Matlab 10.3, the student version of the book may not have the questions. They are in here.)
    Nov 13: Nothing
    Nov 20: 6.1,7.1,7.2,7.2 (Lessons 32,33,34,35)
    Nov 27: THANKSGIVING
    Dec 4: B1,B2,7.3,7.3 (Lessons 36,37,38,39)
    Dec 11: 8.4,8.4,8.5,8.5 (Lessons 40,41,42)

    Useful Links

  • Ground rules for Math 265. This includes information for students who need Academic Adjustments
  • Math 265 Course Webpage This has resources for MATLAB and Webassign, as well as information for Students with Disabilities
  • Blackboard
  • Emergency preparedness briefing
  • Professor Walther's Math 265 Page has more useful links and information