MATH1002 Linear Algebra

General Information

MATH1002 is a Junior (or first-year) unit forming part of the normal Mathematics stream.

• Credit point value: 3CP.
• Classes per week: Two lectures and one tutorial.
• Lecturer(s) in 2012: Bob Crossman, Holger Dullin, Andrew Crisp and Bob Howlett.
• Email contact address: MATH1002@maths.usyd.edu.au.
  Students: Please include your name and SID when emailing us.

Information sheet for MATH1002

All students should read the information sheet. The information includes (for example) details of the assessment procedure, including dates of assessment tasks.

Answers to frequently asked questions

See the main junior mathematics page for information relating to all junior mathematics units, and see in particular the Junior Maths FAQ page.

Duty Tutors

Students needing help with understanding the content of units of study MATH1011, MATH1015, MATH1001, MATH1002 and MATH2061 are encouraged to seek help from their lecturers, or from our duty tutors. Consultation times for lecturers are given on the respective unit of study information sheet, a click away from the unit of study webpage.

Duty tutors are available in Carslaw 830 (level 8, Carslaw Building) on Mondays and Thursdays between 1pm and 2pm, from Week 3 to Week 13 (excluding the Easter Teaching Break 06-13 April), commencing 1 pm on Monday 19 March 2012.

The Duty Tutors are all Teaching Fellows in the School and especially experienced at assisting and advising students. They are

• Andrew Crisp (Mondays), targetting MATH1011, MATH1015, MATH1001, MATH1002, MATH2061
• Nicholas Wilson (Mondays), targetting MATH1011, MATH1001, MATH1002, MATH2061
• John Mitry (Thursdays), targetting MATH1011, MATH1001, MATH1002
• Emi Tanaka (Thursdays), targetting MATH1011, MATH1015, MATH1001, MATH1002, MATH2061

Textbook

The textbook is "A First Course in Linear Algebra" by David Easdown. Any of the three editions can be used (there are only a few changes between editions). A list of errata for the first edition can be found here:

• Errata for first edition.

Online Resources

Tutorials

IMPORTANT: Students are expected to download and print exercise sheets themselves and bring them to tutorials.

• Tutorial questions are available below (click on the link).
• The tutorial sheet for the week, along with the solutions to the previous week, will be posted on Monday morning.
• There is no tutorial sheet for Week 6, when the first Quiz will take place. The tutorial sheet for Week 11, when the second Quiz will take place, should be completed by students in their own time.
• Exercise sheets:

  Week 2

  Week 3

  Week 4

  Week 5

  Week 7

  Week 8

  Week 9

  Week 10

  Week 11

  Week 12

  Week 13

• Solutions:

  Week 2

  Week 3

  Week 4

  Week 5

  Week 7

  Week 8

  Week 9

  Week 10

  Week 11

The Week 11 tutorial is replaced by Quiz 2. Questions and solutions for the replaced tutorial are provided to help students study that section of the course.

Quiz 2

Quiz 2 will be held in the tutorials of the week beginning May 21 (Week 11). A practice quiz is available.

If you have not reclaimed your your marked Quiz 1 then you can pick it up from the assignment return boxes adjacent to the assignment submission boxes on Level 3 of Carslaw.

Assignment

The Assignment (worth 5% of your final mark) was due at 4pm on Thursday May 3rd. The assignment question sheet is still available.

Here are the assignment solutions.

You can reclaim your marked assignment from the assignment return boxes (adjacent to the assignment submission boxes on Level 3 of Carslaw).

Lecture notes

Scanned copies of the lecturer's notes for the Andrew Crisp / Bob Howlett stream (11am Mon Wallace / 11am Wed EAv Auditorium) are posted here each week.

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6: Monday, Wednesday
• Week 7: Monday, Wednesday (as it would have been).
• Week 8: Monday, Wednesday
• Week 9: Monday, Wednesday
• Week 10: Monday, Wednesday
• Week 11: Monday

Notes are provided for the lecture we missed owing to Anzac Day (Week 7 Wednesday). The first four and a half pages just repeat what was done in the Week 7 Monday lecture. Please read the remaining page and a half (on reduced echelon form) as it will not be done in lectures. See also pages 140 to 142 of the text book A First Course in Linear Algebra by David Easdown.

Useful Links

• Self-test web quizzes:
  Test your understanding of the topics by trying the quizzes for MATH1002 regularly as the semester progresses.
• Handbook:
  Every student should have a copy of the Junior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook.
• Examination Timetable:
  For general information on examinations, including the end of semester examination timetable, see the University's Examination Information web site.
• Past Exam Papers:
  Fisher Library's previous years' exam papers page.
• The Faculty Handbook entry:
  The Faculty Handbook entry for MATH1002 from the central units of study database.

Timetable

Last revised 30/03/12

All rooms are in the Carslaw building unless otherwise indicated.