18.700: Linear Algebra - Fall 2006 

Lectures:
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11am, room 4-163.
First lecture: Thursday, September 7th.

Textbooks:
Bill Jacob, Linear Algebra (copies available at CopyTech)   
Serge Lang, Linear Algebra, Springer (recommended, available at the Hayden Library)

Instructor:
Gabriele Mondello, room 2-279, phone (617-25)3-3214, e-mail: gabriele[AT]math
Office hours: Monday, 11:45am-1:45pm in room 2-279, or by appointment.

Graders:
Jerin Gu, room 2-251, phone (617-25)3-7566, e-mail: zerin[AT]mit[DOT]edu
Office hours: Friday Oct.27th, Thursday Nov.9th and Friday Dec.8th from 4pm to 6pm, in room 2-251.

Austin Ford, e-mail: ford[AT]mit[DOT]edu
Tutoring in room 2-102: Monday 3-5pm, Thursday 7:30-9:30pm.


Handouts



     Problem Sets     (due in class on Tuesdays, at the beginning of the lecture)
     Practice Exams

(due on September 14th)
Median 23/28

(due on Tuesday, September 26th)
Median 31/38

(due on Tuesday, October 3rd)
Median 35/47

(due on Tuesday, October 24th)
Median 36.5/48

(due on Tuesday, October 31st)
Median 45/55

(due on Tuesday, November 7th)
Median 47.5/60

(due on Tuesday, November 28th)
Median 48.5/60

(due on Tuesday, December 12th)
Median 58/65




Other information


Resume of topics treated in class updated as of Tuesday, December 12th.

Midterm Exams: During the lectures, on Thursday October 12th and on Thursday November 16th.

Solutions of Midterm Exam 1 (held on Thursday, October 12th)
Out of 100, the median has been 55, the average 53.
Roughly, A is 72 and above; B is from 58 to 71; C is from 48 to 57.

Solutions of Midterm Exam 2 (held on Thursday, November 16th)
Out of 100, the median has been 38, the average 41.
Concerning the particularly low scores at this midterm,
please read the following modifications to the grading policy.

Final exam: Tuesday December 19th, 1:30-4:30pm in Dupont.

Solutions to the Final Exam of December 19th.
Solutions to the Final Exam of December 21st.
(There is a little problem with the margins, but it should be understandable.)

The median at the final exam has been 65 and the average 66.6 (out of 120).
Concerning the final score, the median is 204.5 and the average 202 (out of 300).
Moreover, F is 129 or below; D is from 130 to 159; C is from 160 to 179; B is from 180 to 214; A is from 215 to 300.



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