Math 351 -011 Elementary Linear Algebra
Fall 2020

Instructor: Baiying Liu

Office: MATH 616
Office hours: Tue, Thu, 10:30-11:30 AM or by appointment, at Zoom with meeting ID: 8812612130
Telephone: 765-494-1971
Email address: liu2053@purdue.edu
Textbook: Linear Algebra, Ideas and Applications, by Richard C. Penny, 4th edition.

Course Guide

Math Department math351 homepage.

The syllabus can be found at Brightspace Course home --> Content, and is subject to change.

Exams Schedule:

There are two midterm exams and one final exam. All exams are administrated on Gradescope, link of which can be found at Brightspace Course home --> Content. All exams are open book/open notes.

First Midterm: window opens from 9:00 AM, 10/08 -- 9:00 AM, 10/09, on Gradescope, exam time: 1 hour

Second Midterm: window opens from 9:00 AM, 11/12 -- 9:00 AM, 11/13, on Gradescope, exam time: 1 hour

Final Exam: TBA

Special rules:

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

Homework will be assigned at Brightspace and should be submitted on Gradescope, due time is Thursday evening 11:59 PM. No late homwork will be accepted (unless extreme situations).

Here is a tutorial how to scan your homework and a tutorial how to submit your homework.

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

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, Homework assignments, and due dates (tentative, subject to change). Each homework is 20 points.
    • Week Dates Sections in Book Homework HW Due Date
    1 08/25 1.1 HW1: Pages 16-19: True-False Questions: 1.1, 1.3, 1.6 Exercises: 1.5(b), 1.14, 1.17

    HW2: Pages 38-40: True-False Questions: 1.13, 1.14, 1.17 Exercises: 1.53, 1.55(e), 1.55(h)

    		 09/03
    08/27 1.1 and 1.2
    2 09/01 1.3 HW3: Pages 62-65: True-False Questions: 1.20, 1.21, 1.22 Exercises: 1.65 (b), 1.67 (b), 1.69

    HW4: Pages 85-88: True-False Questions: 1.25, 1.27, 1.30 Exercises: 1.105 (a), 1.105 (b), 1.109

    		 09/10
    09/03 1.3 and 1.4
    3 09/08
    09/10
    4 09/15
    09/17
    5 09/22
    09/24
    6 09/29
    10/01
    7 10/06 REVIEW
    10/08 MIDTERM I
    8 10/13
    10/15
    9 10/20
    10/22
    10 10/27
    10/29
    11 11/03
    11/05
    12 11/10 REVIEW
    11/12 MIDTERM II
    13 11/17
    11/19
    14 11/24
    11/26 NO CLASS
    15 12/01 REVIEW
    12/03 REVIEW
    16 Final Exam, TBA

    Disclaimer

    All content in this course page is subject to change.