School of Mathematics

MA 1554 Linear Algebra - Spring 2022

Lecture meeting times: Section J 2:00-2:50 in College of Computing room 16, or Streamed/Recorded in MS Teams (Link in Canvas).
Instructor: Sal Barone
Office: Skiles 013 and https://bluejeans.com/7225404332
Office hours: M 12pm and Tu 11am (and by appointment, email me) - all office hours are in-person, or virtual/streamed/recorded by request.
email: sbarone7 at math.gatech.edu

Links for Online Instruction

• See Canvas Welcome page for all 1554 sections A/G/J/L
• Office Hours at the scheduled time or send me an email/Discord message to schedule or to "knock on my door"
• Annotated OneNote Lecture Slides
• mrgencyXit Discord chat room

Course Documents

• Syllabus
• Math 1554 Master Website
• Learning Goals for 1554
• Pearson MyLab online textbook access with MyLab purchase - access course sign up through Canvas.
• Piazza! discussion board
• Letter grade calculator.csv file to easily calculate your grade according to syllabus weights <-- Updated for Spring 2022!
• Overview Slides
• Handwritten Homework - Exploration <-- Updated! for Week 11 Double MQE Opportunity!
• Projection Formula Tool in GeoGebra 3D for Exploration 13

MATLAB Materials

• Installation guide
• MATLAB intro including instructions for Gradescope submission
• Demo .m file
• The kind of submission we want to see in Gradescope
• Exploration 3 - MATLAB #1 Instructions
• Exploration 14 - MATLAB #2 Instructions <-- Updated! up to Week 14!
• Leontief Data
• buzz.jpg

Blank Lecture Notes

• Annotated OneNote Lecture Slides Spring 2022
• Annotated OneNote Lecture Slides Fall 2021
Annotated OneNote Lecture Slides Spring 2021
• Annotated OneNote slides from Fall 2020
• Lecture notes 9/13 (annotated)
• Lecture notes Chapters 1 and 2
• Lecture notes Chapters 3 and 5
• Lecture notes Chapters 5 and 6
• Notes for Chapter 7 concepts
• In class final review sheets A and B and C

Supplementary Material

• My Fall '21 MA1554 Course
• My Spring '21 MA1554 Course
• My Fall '20 MA1554 Course
• My Spring '20 MA1554 course
• My Fall '19 MA1554 course
• My Spring '15 MA1553 course and My Fall '16 MA1553 course and My Spring '17 MA1553 course
• ILA Interactive Linear Algebra textbook written by Georgia Tech professors for 1553
• Final Lecture Review

Midterm Review Material

• Patrick Kim's Midterm 1 Study Guide
• Patrick Kim's Midterm 2 Study Guide
• Patrick Kim's Midterm 3 Study Guide
• Gregory Elias' Math 1554 Notes
• Midterm and Quiz review material
• Midterm 1 1:30
• Midterm 1 3:00
• Midterm 1 4:30
• Midterm 1 6:00
• In class review Exam 1
• In class review Exam 2
• In class review Exam 3

Unofficial Review Material from Fall 2019

• Review Midterm 2A
• Review Midterm 2B
• Review Midterm 2A
• Review Midterm 3 (from lecture)

Unofficial Supplementary Documents

• Summer '19 worksheets for recitation
  • Week 1 Thursday (2.2)
  • Week 2 Tuesday (2.2,2.3,3.1,3.2)/Tuesday (3.1,3.2)/Tuesday (3.1,3.2)/Tuesday (3.3)
  • Week 3 Tuesday (3.5)/Tuesday (3.6,3.7,3.8)/Tuesday (3.6) and Wednesday (4.1,4.3)/Wednesday (4.4,4.5)
  • Week 4 Thursday (5.1)/ Thursday (5.2)/ Thursday (5.1,5.2,5.3)
  • Week 5 Tuesday (6.1)/ Tuesday (6.1,6.2) and Wednesday (6.4)/Wednesday (6.4,6.5)/Wednesday (6.5)
  • Week 6 Tuesday (7.1-7.5)/ Tuesday (7.2,7.3,7.5) and Wednesday (7.1-7.5)/ Wednesday (7.2,7.3,7.5)
• Handwritten Homework and Interactive Classroom documents (from Spring '17)
  • OLD Handwritten Homework OLD <-- Excellent for theoretical practice - see above for CURRENT HHW
  • Worksheet 1
  • Worksheet 2
  • Worksheet 3
  • Worksheet 4
  • Worksheet 5
  • Worksheet 6
  • Worksheet 7
  • Worksheet 8
  • Worksheet 9
  • CAS Review Set for Final Exam
• Class Notes (from Spring '17 - but still awesome!)
  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
  • Week 5
  • Week 6
  • Week 7
  • Week 8
  • Week 9
  • Week 10
  • Week 11
  • Week 12
  • Week 14
  • Week 15
• Old Tests (for practice)
  • Exam 1 practice sheet
  • Exam 2 review sheet
  • Exam 2 topics list
  • Exam 3 review sheet
  • Exam 3 topics list
  • Final Exam review
  • Exam 1 and solutions
  • Exam 2 and solutions
  • Exam 3
• More Worksheets and other material (from 1553!)
  • Worksheet 1 and Groupwork 1
  • Worksheet 2 and Alternate Worksheet 2 (solutions available!)
  • Worksheet 3 and Conceptual Worksheet and An alternate worksheet with full solutions
  • Worksheet 4 with full solutions
  • Exam 1 review
  • Worksheet 5 and Alternate Worksheet 5 with solutions
  • Worksheet 6 and Alternate Worksheet 6 with solutions
  • Worksheet 7 and a really nice Alternate Worksheet 7
  • Exam 2 review and its Solutions
  • Extra Exam 2 material: Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3
  • Worksheet 8
  • Worksheet 9
  • Worksheet 9b
  • Worksheet 10
  • Worksheet 11 and Worksheet 11 (alt) and Worksheet 12
  • Final Exam review
• Old Quizzes(for yet more practice)
  • Quiz 1
  • Quiz 2
  • Quiz 3
  • Quiz 4
  • Quiz 5
  • Quiz 7
  • Quiz 8
  • Quiz 9
  • Quiz 10
• Homework
  • Homework instructions

• Tentative Course Schedule

Important dates

• Jan 10 First day of classes
• Jan 17 MLK Day (No class)
• Feb 2 Exam 1
• Feb 21 Progress reports due
• Mar 2 Exam 2
• Mar 16 Drop Deadline/Withdrawal Deadline
• Mar 21-25 Spring Break (No Class)
• Apr 6 Exam 3
• Apr 25-26 Last day of lecture/studio
• Apr 27 Reading period (no exams)
• May 3 FINAL EXAM (Common Exam Slot for 1554) 6pm

Studio Meeting Times

Web links

• MyLab portal
• GATech School of mathematics
• My homepage