MATH 265 Linear Algebra and its Applications Spring 2024

Instructor: Ning Wei

Office: MATH 404
Email: wei307@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-3405

Information

Section Number and Time: 202 (TR 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM, CRN: 13044) and 213 (TR 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM, CRN: 13051) 
Location: 	BRNG B268 
Textbook:  Linear Algebra and its Applications, by David C. Lay, Steven R Lay and Judi J. Mcdonald, sixth Edition. 
The e-textbook is in MyLabMath.  
Ground Rules
Math department MA265 Homepage
Office Hour: TR 10 am to 11:30 pm or by private appointment.

Exam

There are two midterm exams and one final exam, all the exams are common and calculator is not allowed.
Midterm I: 2/19/2024 (Monday), 8 PM to 9 PM @  ELLT 116. Midterm I covers Sec 1.1 to 3.3. 
Midterm II: 4/1/2024 (Monday), 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM @ ELLT 116. Midterm II covers Sec 4.1 to 5.7.  
Cumulative Final: 4/30/2024 (Tuesday), 7:00 PM - 9:00  @  ELLT 116. 
Past Final Exam Archive

Online Homework

Accessed and submitted through Brightspace/MyLab Math.
There are 35 sets of online HW, and the three lowest online HW score will be dropped.
The due date is 11:59 PM of the corresponding date in the course schedule listed below. 

Written Homework

Access and submitted through Brightspace.
Handwritten HW problem list.
HW26
There are 36 sets of written HW, and the three lowest Handwritten HW score will be dropped.
The due date is 11:59 PM of the corresponding date in the course schedule listed below. 
Grader: Pratham Prashant Juvekar (pjuveka@purdue.edu)

Course Schedule

Note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change if needed (each HW set corresponds to one section).
Week Date Section Online Homework Written Homework Due Date
1 1/9 1.1 O1,O2,O3 W1,W2,W3 1/19
1/11 1.2
2 1/16 1.3 O4,O5 W4, W5 1/26
1/18 1.4
3 1/23 1.5, 1.7 O6,O7, O8 W6, W7, W8 2/2
1/25 1.7, 1.8
4 1/30 1.9, 2.1 O9,O10, O11 W9, W10, W11 2/9
2/1 2.2, 2.3
5 2/6 2.8, 2.9 O12,O13, O14 W12, W13, W14 2/16
2/8 2.9, 3.1
6 2/13 3.2, 3.3 O15,O16 W15, W16 2/18
2/15 3.3, Review for Exam 1
7 2/20 4.1, 4.2 O17,O18,O19 W17,W18,W19 3/1
2/22 4.2
8 2/27 4.3, 4.5 O20,O21,O22 W20,W21,W22 3/8
2/29 4.5, 5.1
9 3/5 5.2, 5.3 O23,O24 W23,W24 3/15
3/7 5.3, 5.4
10 3/12 No Class (Spring break)
3/14 No Class (Spring break)
11 3/19 5.4, Appendix B O25,O27 W25,W26,W27 3/29
3/21 Appendix B, 5.5
12 3/26 5.7 O28,O29 W28,W29 3/31
3/28 Review for Exam 2
13 4/2 6.1,6.2 O30,O31,O32 W30,W31,W32 4/12
4/4 6.2,6.3
14 4/9 6.4,6.5 O33,O34,O35 W33,W34,W35 4/19
4/11 6.5,6.7
15 4/16 6.7 7.1, O36 W36 4/21
4/18 Final Review I
16 4/23 NO Class (cancelled due to evening exam)
4/25 Final review II