Xinfeng Liu
Email:
xfliu@math.sc.edu
Phone: 576-5849
Office Location: Coliseum 1020B
Office Hours: TTH 10:00AM-11:30AM or by appointment
Textbook: Introduction to Linear Algebra, 5th Edition, by
Gilbert Strang.
Course Syllabus:
Syllabus
Homework and Quiz:
Homework Assignment
Homework will not be collected, but you are supposed to do them all.
REMEMBER: the more problems you do, the better you understand the material.
Students are encouraged to work independently on homework sets.
There will be approximately one quiz per week on Thursday,
and no quiz during the exam weeks.
There are two to four problems for each quiz.
The quiz problems will be either the same as, or very similar to those
from the homework. Thus, if a student has made a good attempt at the
homework, he/she should do well on the quiz.
One lowest quiz grade will be dropped from the final grade calculation.
Exams: There will be two midterm exams and one comprehensive final exam.
Exam 1: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2:50PM - 4:05PM
Exam 2: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2:50PM - 4:05PM
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 9, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
The exams are "closed book" – no books, no notes, no
calculators, no labtop computer or equivalent technology, etc.
There are no early exams. A make-up exam is only possible for
written legitimate documented reasons of illness, family emergency, or participation
in a University sponsored event.
Grades:
| Exam 1 |
25% |
| Exam 2 |
25%
|
| Final Exam |
30%
|
| Quizzes |
20%
|
| Total |
100%
|
A straight scale will be used
so that A's, B's C's and D's correspond to the percent ranges 100-90,
90-80,
80-70 and 70-60 respectively. Plus grading will be used. For example:
| 90-100:A |
86-89: B+ |
80-85: B |
76-79: C+ |
| 70-75: C |
66-69: D+ |
60-65: D |
0-59: F |