MAT 310, Fall 2019
Instructor: Andrew Hanlon
Office Hours: Fridays 2-4 pm in 304 Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Thursdays 3-4 pm in Math Learning Center (Math Tower S-235), and by appointment. There will be no scheduled office hours after the final exam.
Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30-9:50 am in Javits 109
Textbook: S. Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right, Third edition, roughly Chapters 1-8
SyllabusFall2019.pdfTeaching Asistant: Ruijie Yang
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30-2:30 pm in Math Tower 2-114, Mondays 4-5pm in Math Learning Center (Math Tower S-235)
Recitation: R01 on Tuesdays 4 - 4:53 pm in Library E4310
Teaching Assistant: Jae Ho Cho
Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am-12:30pm in Math Tower 2-109, and Wednesdays and Fridays 10-11am in Math Learning Center (Math Tower S-235)
Recitations: R02 on Mondays 10-10:53 am in Earth&Space 181 and R03 on Tuesdays 8:30-9:23 am in Earth&Space 183
Exams
Midterm 1: Wednesday, October 9th, 8:30 am - 9:50 am, Javits 109, Covers Chapters 1-3.E of Axler. Here are expectations and information.
Extra MT1 OH: 1-3:30 pm on 10/7 in 304 SCGP.
Exam Statistics: Mean - 26/60, Quartile 1 - 13, Median 25, Quartile 3 - 38, Highest score - 59.
Midterm 1 Score Distribution Midterm 1 Grade Distribution
A rough guideline for the correspondence between midterm 1 score and letter grade: A = 42-60, B = 24-41, C = 12-23, D = 6-11, F = 0-5.
Midterm 2: Wednesday, November 13th, 8:30 am - 9:50 am, Javits 109, Covers Chapters 1-7.A of Axler excluding 3.F and with an emphasis on 5-6. Here are expectations and information.
Extra MT2 OH: 12:30-3:30 pm on 11/11 in 304 SCGP.
Exam Statistics: Mean - 30/60, Quartile 1 - 22, Median - 30, Quartile 3 - 39, Highest score - 56.
Midterm 2 Score Distribution Midterm 2 Grade Distribution
A rough guideline for the correspondence between midterm 2 score and letter grade: A = 40-60, B = 26-39, C = 12-25, D = 6-11, F = 0-5.
Final Exam: Wednesday, December 18th, 8:00 am - 10:45 am, Javits 109 (normal lecture location), Covers Chapters 1-8 of Axler excluding 3.F, 7.C, and 7.D. Here are expectations and information.
Extra Final OH: 1-4 pm on 12/16 in 304 SCGP (still have OH on 12/13 as usual).
Exam Statistics: Mean - 49/90, Quartile 1 - 28. Median - 49, Quartile 3 - 65, Highest score - 90
Homework
Homework is due in your recitation in the week indicated below and should be handed to your recitation instructor. See syllabus above for grading information and other homework policies.
Schedule
Although exam dates are set, the specific topics covered in each class are subject to minor changes and will be updated as appropriate.
Additional Resources
Videos to accompany our textbook made by the author, Sheldon Axler.
It is highly recommended to solve as many exercises from the book as you have time for. This will be more useful than rereading your class notes or textbook as it will often force you to go back to look at definitions and theorems anyway. The only way to truly learn proof-based mathematics is through practice. Feel free to ask one of the instructors about your solutions.
Previous MAT 310 webpages are available on the math department webpage.
Other textbooks: Linear Algebra by Friedberg, Insel, and Spence, Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces by Halmos, Linear Algebra Problem Book by Halmos