MATH2040C - Linear Algebra II - 2017/18
Announcement
- (9/1) Welcome to MATH2040C!
- (17/1) HW1 has been posted. It will be due on Jan 29.
- (27/1) HW2 has been posted. It will be due on Feb 9.
- (8/2) Midterm 1 will be held in LSB LT5 at 9:10-10:10am next Tuesday (Feb 13). It covers sections 1.A.- 3.B. of the textbook (Lecture notes of week 1-4 and part of week 5).
- (14/2) HW3 has been posted. It will be due on Mar 5.
- (7/3) HW4 has been posted. It will be due on Mar 19.
- (21/3) Midterm 2 will be held in LSB LT5 at 9:05-10:05am next Tuesday (Mar 27). It covers sections 3.C.- 3.D. 5.A.- 6.B. of the textbook. Background knowledge on Sections 1.A. to 3.B. will be assumed. (Lecture notes of week 1-9 with focus on week 5-9).
- (24/3) HW5 has been posted. It will be due on Apr 9.
- (7/4) HW6 has been posted. It will be due on Apr 23.
- (24/4) Final Exam will cover sections 1.A-3.D, 5.A-7.B of the textbook and Lecture Notes up to P6 of week 13.
General Information
Lecturer
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CHENG, Man Chuen
- Office: LSB 210
- Tel: 3943 7985
- Email:
Teaching Assistant
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WONG, Siu Fung
- Office: AB1 407A
- Tel: 3943 3721
- Email:
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YUAN, Qian
- Office: AB1 614
- Tel: 3943 4109
- Email:
Time and Venue
- Lecture: Tuesday 8:30-10:15am, LSB LT5; Thursday 10:30-11:15am, LSB LT5
- Tutorial: Tuesday 1:30-2:15pm, MMW 702; Thursday 11:30am-12:15pm, LSB LT5
Course Description
This is a continuation of MATH1030. Topics include: linear mapping and its matrix representation, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, inner product spaces, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, spectral theorems and, if time permitted, quadratic forms and Jordan canonical forms.
Textbooks
- "Linear Algebra Done Right" (3rd ed.) by Sheldon Axler, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer. (Available online via the CUHK library webpage)
References
- "Linear Algebra (4th ed)" by S. Friedberg, A. Insel and L. Spence, Prentice Hall
Pre-class Notes
Lecture Notes
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6 (Updated on 22/2: Fixed Typos of T_ij(v_k) on P4 and the formula in Proposition of P5.)
- Week 7 (Updated on 20/3: Fixed Typos on Proof of 5.26, 3rd last line should be j-th column of M(T,alpha), not T(v_j).)
- Week 8 (Updated on 10/3: An example is added on P11)
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 12
- Week 13
Tutorial Notes
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5/6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 11
- Week 12
- Week 13 (The password is same as that of the final exam of last term)
Assignments
- Homework 1 (Due: Jan 29)
- Homework 2 (Due: Feb 9)
- Homework 3 (Due: Mar 5)
- Homework 4 (Due: Mar 19)
- Homework 5 (Due: Apr 9)
- Homework 6 (Due: Apr 23)
Quizzes and Exams
Solutions
- Homework 1 Solution
- Homework 2 Solution (Updated on 15/2)
- Homework 3 Solution (Updated on 12/3)
- Homework 4 Solution
- Homework 5 Solution
- Homework 6 Solution
Assessment Scheme
| Assignment | 10% | |
| 2 in-class midterms (Feb 13, Mar 27) | 40% | |
| Final Exam | 50% |
Useful Links
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Assessment Policy Last updated: April 24, 2018 12:54:27