Math 265 - 301 Linear Algebra
Spring 2020

Instructor: Baiying Liu

Office: MATH 616
Office hours: Tue 1:45-3:15 or by appointment
Telephone: 765-494-1971
Email address: liu2053@purdue.edu
Lectures time:

TR, 10:30 AM-11:45 AM in Univ 203

Textbook: Linear Algebra and its Applications, by David C. Lay, Steven R Lay and Judi J. Mcdonald, fifth Edition.

Course Guide

Please refer to the Math Department math265 homepage for general course information such as homework, exam and grade policy.

Exams Schedule:

First Midterm: Wed 2/12, 6:30p - 7:30p, EE 170

Second Midterm: Mon 3/30, 8:00p - 9:00p, EE 170

Final Exam: TBA

Past Final Exam Archive

Special rules:

No makeup midterms will be given (unless extreme situations).

Online homework BlackBoard (MyMathLab) is due by Thursday evening 11:59 PM. Hand-Graded homework is due every Thursday at the beginning of class. No late homwork will be accepted.

Homework must be readable and must be stapled. Illegible scribblings will receive no credits from the grader.

The lowest 3 hand-written homework scores and lowest 3 online homework scores will be dropped.

Actively participating in class and working on extra problems will help improve your grade.

There are no partial credits for multiple choices problems in either midterms and final exam.

  • Schedule, Hand-Graded homework assignments, and due dates (tentative, subject to change). Total 37 Hand-Graded HW, each 20 points.
    • Week Dates Sections in Book Handwritten Homework Due Dates
    1 01/14 1.1, 1.2 HW1(1.1: 25, 26); HW2(1.2: 12, 25, 31); HW3(1.3: 23, 25)
    		 01/23
    01/16 1.2, 1.3
    2 01/21 1.4, 1.5 HW4(1.4: 6, 26); HW5(1.5: 6, 36); HW6(1.7: 26, 28, 32)
    		01/30
    01/23 1.5, 1.7
    3 01/28 1.8, 1.9 HW7(1.8: 20, 22(exclude e)); HW8(1.9: 28, 30); HW9(2.1: 18, 28)
    		02/06
    01/31 1.9, 2.1
    4 02/04 NO CLASS No hand-written homework this week
    02/06 Review for Midterm I
    4 02/11 2.2 HW10(2.2: 19; 2.3: 13); HW11(2.8: 2, 18)
    		02/20
    02/13 2.3, 2.8
    5 02/18 2.9, 3.1 HW12(2.9: 20, 24); HW13(3.1: 38, 42); HW14(3.2: 16, 27, 29)
    		02/27
    02/20 3.1, 3.2
    5 02/25 3.3, 4.1 HW15(3.3: 17, 30); HW16(4.1: 32, 35); HW17(4.2: 32, 36)
    		03/05
    02/27 4.1, 4.2
    5 03/03 4.3, 4.5 HW18(4.3: 28, 34); HW19(4.5: 20, 26); HW20(4.6: 24, 26)
    		03/12
    03/05 4.5, 4.6
    5 03/10 5.1, 5.2 HW21(5.1: 20, 36); HW22(5.2: 20, 22); HW23(5.3: 17, 19); HW24(5.3: 26, 32)
    		03/26
    03/12 5.2, 5.3
    Final Exam, TBA