Satya Mandal
Department of Mathematics
University of Kansas

Office: 502 Snow Hall
Phone: DNC
email: mandal@ku.edu

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  1. Lecture Notes
  2. Homework:
    The HW Exercises,
    The Due Dates: See CANVAS,

    You upload HWs from Canvas

    Some HW Solutuions:
    Look at them only when you are stuck!
  3. Exams:
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Math 290 (3 PM Class) : Elementary Linear Algebra

Spring 2025

Elem. Linear Algebra

Satya Mandal

Math 290

Class No.: 55712 Office Hr: 3:30-4:20 (TR)
Class room: MAL 1003

Credit: 2 hr

Class Time: 2:30-3:20 (TR)

In this course we do elementary linear algebra.

Zoom Office Hours

Zoom Hr: By Appointment

Textbook materials:

We will use a combination of the following:
  1. We wll mainly use my Lecture Notes (Links on the left)
  2. HW Exercises are given in a seperate pdf (Links on the left)
  3. Solutions for some of the HW problems is given in another pdf (Links on the left)

    4. Material to Cover

    1. Chapter 1 : System of linear equations
    2. Chapter 2 : Matrices
    3. Chapter 3 : Determinants
    4. Chapter 4 : Vector spaces
    5. Chapter 5 : Eigen-values and eigen-vectors
    6. Chapter 6 : Inner product spaces
    7. Chapter 7 : Linear transformations

General Organization and Navigation:

  1. Course Delivery: This is an in-person class. Attendance is highly beneficial and encouraged.
  2. Comments of Teaching: I have been a proponent of Online Teaching methods, particualrly at this level. I provide a good amount of online materials for my couses. For most courses (including this one), I do not use any textbook. Whenever I think of something worth mentioning in class, I add that to my lecture notes. .

    However, this has the unitended consequence that some stop coming to the classes. I beleive I always say new things in class and provide impromptu and futuristic insights. Not everything I say is in the notes.

    Further, if you do not come to the classes, you may lose interest,
    and you lose touch with the class.

  3. You woud do the following
    1. Attend classes regularly.
    2. Read the Lecture notes.
      Sometimes, I may provide additional guidence on certain sections.
      We will cover 2 sectons each week, on an average.
    3. We use CANVAS for communications.
    4. Upload Homework, via canvas,
      by the due date for HW: Follow CANVAS
    5. Solutions to some HW are available, on left side link.
  4. Navigation: All the links you need to navigate are on the left side.
  5. Exams: You will take four exams.
  6. Calculator: An advanced calculator (TI-84) will be of great help.

Grading Scheme:

Homework 50
  1. Total HW points will be prorated to 50 points.
  2. Feeling comfortable with homework would be the key.
4 Exams 300
Total Points 350

Schedule of Examinations:

Exam 1 Mar 11 (T) , 75 (plus minus) (Chapter 2)
Exam 2 Mar 13 (R) 75 points (plus minus) (Chapter 3)
Exam 3 Apr 17 (R) 75 points (plus minus) Ch 4, 5 (tentative)
Exam 4 May 8 (Sun) 75 points (plus minus) Ch 6, 7 (tentative)

Grading Scale:

Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F
Percent 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 else
Grades will be calcualted in two ways:
  1. Including Homework, out of total of 350 points
  2. Without Homework, out of total of 300 points
  3. You will be given the lower of the two. For example,
    to get an A, you would need to get A in both ways.

Important Dates:

  1. Tuesday, January 21: First day of classes
  2. Monday, February 10: Last day to withdraw/drop without a "W"
  3. March 17 (Mon)-23(Sun): Spring Break
  4. Monday, April 14: Second Period Drop Ends
  5. Thursday, May 8: Last day of classes
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