18.06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2019

Announcement: First Lecture Wednesday February 6. If you have not been assigned a recitation, or wish to change, you may be able to do so in stellar until Add Date, unless the recitation is full.

18.06 Spring 2019

Professor:	Alan Edelman (office 2-349, office hours Wednesday 3:45-4:45pm, email `edelman ατ math døt mit døt edu`)
Lectures:	MWF 11 am, in 10-250.
Course administrator:	Sam Turton (office 2-333C, email `seturton ατ mit.edu`)
Textbooks:	Gilbert Strang's, Introduction to Linear Algebra, 5th edition.
	Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra - Vectors, Matrices and Least Squares (Freely available online)

Recitations and Office Hours

	Time	Room	Instructor	Office	E-Mail (@mit.edu)	Office hours
Lec.	MWF 11	10-250	Alan Edelman	2-349	edelman	W 3:45-4:45pm (2-349)
R01	T10	24-307	Sveta Makarova	2-231A	murmuno	F 3-5pm (2-231A)
R02	T10	4-261	Zack Remscrim	2-347	remscrim	M 2-4pm (2-347)
R03	T11	24-307	Sveta Makarova	2-231A	murmuno	F 3-5pm (2-231A)
R04	T11	4-261	Campbell Hewett	2-239A	chewett	F 1-3pm (2-239A)
R05	T12	4-261	Campbell Hewett	2-239A	chewett	F 1-3pm (2-239A)
R06	T12	2-105	Andrew Ahn	2-390C	ajahn	M 3-5pm (2-390 cluster)
R07	T1	4-159	Andrew Ahn	2-390C	ajahn	M 3-5pm (2-390 cluster)
R08	T1	2-136	Sam Turton	2-333C	seturton	T 3:30-5:30pm (2-242)
R09	T2	2-136	Kyeongsu Choi	2-238C	choiks	M 9-11am (2-361)
R10	T3	2-136	Kyeongsu Choi	2-238C	choiks	M 9-11am (2-361)
		Course Administrator:	Sam Turton	2-333C	seturton

Welcome to the 18.06 linear algebra front page!

Exams: Fridays, March 1, April 5, May 3 all in Walker during the class hour (50-340).

If you know you will need to miss an exam for an athletic game, please let your TA know early. Taking two courses at the same time is not an accepted excuse.

For illness or other personal circumstance a note from S3 is required. Under these circumstances, students can write a paper of 3 or more pages due within two weeks of the exam date on a topic in linear algebra such as history, an application, or a more advanced topic. Grades will then be interpolated. Please contact the course administrator. Students with approved accomodations should make arrangments with Theresa Cummings (tcumming@mit.edu) in 2-110 , as soon as possible.

Grading; 15% Homeworks, 3 exams 45%, final exam 40%

Problem sets are due 10:55am on Wednesdays through electronic submission on Gradescope. (No late homeworks accepted (one pset dropped) .) Collaborations allowed, but write up your own work.

The Math Learning Center is a great resource for academic help. We are hoping the level of computing won't require much help, but we are looking into a special tutor just for this purpose.

Announcement: On Tuesday February 19, MIT will hold Monday classes. Lecture will be held, recitations will not.

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