18.700  Linear Algebra

The solutions to the Final practice problems are posted now in the Materials section of Stellar.

1. Here is the office hour schedule for the week before the final:

• Friday Dec 15, 12-1.30, by Alexey
• Monday Dec 18, 3-4.30 by Jingwei
• Monday Dec 18, 5.30-6.30 by Georg (updated)
  
• Tuesday Dec 19, 12-2 by Georg

 

2. I've uploaded some notes about the Jordan Normal form in the Materials Section of Stellar. In there you find the last few theorems we have proven in class and also a couple of examples where the Jordan normal form is worked out step by step. Since the class presentation diverged a little bit from the textbook I hope this is useful.

All the best, Georg

Here a couple of announcements regarding the Final:

 

1.  The final will take place in 4-231 (the usual class room) at

 

Wednesday, December 20, 9:00 to 12:00 PM


2. The practice problems to the final are now posted in the Material section of Stellar.

 

What you find there are problems of the kind you can expect in the final. Some are harder, some are easier. Also, a given type of problem might appear several times or you are asked to do a computation in several cases -- this is for practice.

 

This practice splits into two parts: The first part which is directly relevant, and the second which is additional study material. Make sure to be on top of the questions asked in the first part.

3. Solutions to the first part of the practice problems will be posted the weekend before the final. There will be no solutions to the second part, but you come to office hours and the TAs or I will explain.

4. Regarding topics, everything we did can come up in the final. I updated the Syllabus so you can take a look what we have done. In particular, the topics from this and next week might come up, e.g.:
Minimal polynomials, Caley-Hamilton, Generalized eigenspaces, Jordan normal form (next week).
Again, the practice gives a good idea.

5. What happens regarding office hours in the final week is to be determined. I'll keep you posted.

Let me know if you have questions. All the best and good study, Georg

Update: Changed time to 2-4 tomorrow.

Hi everyone,

since the pset 9 is due this Friday and there is no pset next week, we will have a modified office hour schedule the last two weeks as follows:

Dec 7, This Thursday,: Extra office hours, 2 - 4
Dec 11, Next Monday: Regular office hours 12 - 1
Dec 12, Next Tuesday: No office hours

All the best, Georg

Since not everybody was aware of them, here is a list of the resources available for the class:

* Piazza
http://piazza.com/mit/fall2017/18700

* Textbook
Friedberg, Insel, Spence, Linear Algebra, 4th edition

* Office hours
Monday 12-1
Tuesday 12:30 - 2:30

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Also, there was a typo in Problem 5 of Pset 6 which is now fixed (det(B) should have been det(C)).