• Professor: Eugene Lerman
• Grader: TBA
• Office: 37 Computing Applications Building (CAB)
• Phone: (217) 244-9510
• email: lerman at illinois edu (the best way to contact Eugene Lerman)
• Home page: http://lerman.web.illinois.edu/
• Course page: http://lerman.web.illinois.edu/~lerman/416/f24/416f24.html
  lecture notes and review sheets are posted at
  http://lerman.web.illinois.edu/416/f24/416f24hw.html
• Office Hours: see my calender
• Class meets: 01:00PM - 01:50PM 140 Henry Admin
• Prerequisites: Officially Math 241; math 314 or 347, and consent of the department. In practice, ability to understand and write proofs and a desire to work hard.

Textbooks: No textbook is required. The following books are recommended

• Friedberg, Insel and Spence Linear algerbra fourth edition (but any other edition is also fine)
• Sergei Treil Linear algerbra done wrong Available free online at http://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.html.
  The title is a reaction to Linear algebra done right by Sheldon Axler.   There is nothing wrong with Treil's book.

Course Syllabus: (https://math.illinois.edu/system/files/inline-files/416-syllabus.pdf)

• Homework: Homework problems are to be assigned once a week on Canvas. They are due the following week. Late homework will be penalized. There are several reasons why I want the homework to be turned in on time. First of all, if you are not keeping up with the homework, you are not keeping up with the class, and then you may well get lost in the lectures. Secondly, it is hard to grade fairly the homework that is turned in late. The grader would have to keep careful track of the grading rubrics and so on. In short: late homework is bad for you and means more work for the grader.

  If you have questions about your homework score please take it up with the grader first. If you and the grader can't resolve the issue I will step in.

  If you have questions about the homework itself, please use  campuswire and/or see me in the office hours.  If you email me with a question about homework I may repost your question on campuswire and reply there.  

• Attendance: of lectures/discussions is expected. See student code, part 5

• Exams: There will be two midterms and a final. All exams will be closed book.

  The midterms will take place on October 7 and November 4 (the dates are not likely to change).

  The final, according to the non-combined final examination schedule is to take place on 7:00-10:00 p.m., Wednesday,  December 18 2024

  Requests for a make-up  exams require a serious documentation and are (almost) never granted. Please plan accordingly. I will drop the lowest homework score.

• Grade: The formula for the course grade is roughly as follows:
  • final exam = 45 %
  • 2 midterms at 20 % each = 40%
  • homework = 15%

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