I am very excited to be TA'ing 108A this fall.

Professor : Kenneth C. Millett
Office Hours : Wenesday 8h30-11, 6512 South Hall
Email : millett@math.ucsb.edu

Graduate Assistant: K. Grace Kennedy
Office Hours : Wednesday 11-12, South Hall 6432C, graduate offices on the 6th floor, pink side Letter C
Email: kgracekennedy@math.ucsb.edu

Graduate Assistant: Rahul Shah
Office Hours : Tuesday 7h30-8h30 (or 9) right after the Tuesday problem session in South Hall 1607 (the Mathlab)
Email: rshah@umail.ucsb.edu

Text: Shedon Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right. Second Edition, Springer 1997

Lecture: TR 12:30 – 1:45 Webb 1100

Homework: Homework will be collected in lecture as indicated below.

Grading: Homework & Problem Sessions (30%), Midterms (30%), Final Exam (40%)

Problem Sessions: You must sign-up and attend one problem session each week. They be held in 1607 South Hall. Monday 7:00 – 8:30, Tuesday 6-7h30, Wednesday 6:00 – 7:30, or Thursday 7:00 – 8:30. The first session will be held on Thursday, September 24. Tuesday sessions start November 3rd.

Here is a copy of the official course Syllabus.

Mathlab Hours : Monday-Thursday, 5-7PM, South Hall 1607
Here is information on crashing a math course: How to Crash a Math Course FAQ

Here are the worksheets for problem sessions:
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1, the back
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 2, attachment
Worksheet 3 (Not handed out, but this is what we covered.)
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5
Worksheet 6, Midterm 2 Review
Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8, Final Exam Review

Here are your homework assignments (And they are all posted!):
HW1: Due October 1st
HW2: Due October 8th
HW3: Due October 13th
HW4: Due October 22nd
HW5: Due October 29th
HW6: Due November 5th
HW7: Due November 19th
HW8: Due November 24th
HW9: Due December 3rd

Here are some HW and Midterm solutions:
Homework 1: #5 (Graded) , 5 page 2 , and the rest of HW1
Homework 2: Graded problem pg 35 no 2
Homework 3: Graded problem pg 35 no 7
Homework 4: Graded problem pg 59 no 7
Homework 5 Graded problems: p 60 no 21 and p59 no 13
Homework 6 Graded problems: TBA
Homework 7 Graded problems: Ch5 No7 + No4
Homework 8 Graded problems: Ch5 TBA, HW8 Dr. Millett's No. 15
Homework 9 Graded problems: Ch5 TBA
Midterm 1 Solutions, All questions on grading should be directed to Dr. Millett
Midterm 2 Solutions, All questions on grading should again be directed to Dr. Millett

Date, Topics 9/24 Fields and Vector Spaces
9/29 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
10/1 Span and Linear Independence
10/6 Bases, Systems of Linear Equations
10/8 Bases and Dimension
10/13 Linear Maps
10/15 Midterm I
10/20 Linear Maps
10/22 Range and Null-Space
10/27 Linear Maps and Matrices
10/29 Invertibility
11/3 Polynomials and Degree
11/5 Real, Complex and ???
11/10 Midterm II
11/12 Invariant Subspaces
11/17 Polynomials and Operators
11/19 Upper-Triangular Matrices
11/24 Diagonal Matrices
11/26 Holiday
12/1 Invariant Subspaces
12/3 Invariant Subspaces & Review
12/8 Final Exam 12:00-3:00