Latest News/Announcements

(archived announcements at bottom of page)

6/9/17:  FINALS REVIEW SESSION WITH MSI  TUTOR, ALEX:

12pm Jack Baskin Lounge (where you drop off your homework)

6/1/17:  FINAL IS COMING UP FAST!

It is time to revise for the WHOLE course and PRACTICE doing problems!    Here are some suggestions for you:

Re-read your notes and the lecture notes (see tabs at the left)

Re-watch the webcast lectures if necessary (webcast.ucsc.edu)!

Go back and look at the homeworks that you have already done

Go back and do some of the homeworks from the book that are similar but that you have NOT done yet.  Notice that the book has ANSWERS to the odd-numbered problems.

Talk to your friends about what they think is important in the course, and what they found hard

Go to the remaining sections, and the remaining office hours of any/all TAs and/or me and get your questions answered.

Here is a review/study guide!

Review/study guide PDF

Practice some exams:

Here is an example final

Here are solutions to the example final

Don't just read the solutions!  Try and do the final as practice and then check your answers against the solutions!
Linear Algebra  

General Class Information

Our main goal is to introduce the main concepts in linear algebra to engineering students. The course will cover complex numbers, systems of linear equations, their matrix form, the properties of matrices (including rank, inverse, determinant, eigenvalues and orthogonality), vectors and vector spaces, and linear transformations. All of these ideas will be taught in a context of applied problems and with frequent use of computational resources. In particular, students will get a gentle introduction to the use of the software MATLAB.

Lectures:

Tu Th, 09:50-11:25am, Baskin Auditorium 101 (click here to get a map)

Classes are now webcast!  Go to webcast.ucsc.edu   
You need password information to access the webcasts.  The password information is here.

Instructor:

Name: Nic Brummell

  • Email: brummell at soe.ucsc.edu
  • Phone: (831) 459 2122
  • Office: BE 357A
  • Office hours: Mon 5-6pm, Wed 5-6pm (and by appointment)

 

Teaching Assistants:

Name: Steven Reeves

  • Sections: F & J (Mon & Fri)
  • Email: sireeves at ucsc.edu
  • Office hours:  BE 312 C/D, Mon 1pm-2pm, Wed 1pm-2pm

Name: Tenavi Nakamura-Zimmerer

  • Sections:  G & I (Tues & Thurs)
  • Email: tenakamu at ucsc.edu
  • Office hours:  BE 312 C/D, Wed 12pm-1pm, Fri 1pm-2pm

Name: Skylar Trigueiro

  • Sections: H (Wed)
  • Email: striguei at ucsc.edu
  • Office hours: BE 312 C/D, Mon 10am-11am

 

Sections:

Regular class sections

  • Section AMS10 01F, JBE 109, Mon 11am-1pm
  • Section AMS10 01G, JBE 109, Tues 2pm-4pm
  • Section AMS10 01H, JBE 109,  Wed 10am-12pm
  • Section AMS10 01I, JBE 109, Thurs 4pm-6pm
  • Section AMS10 01J, JBE 109, Fri 10am-12pm

 

MSI  sections

Modified Supplemental Instruction (MSI) is our main tutoring support.   MSI will provide class sessions with a class size of 10-12.  This can be very very useful!

You need to sign up to be able to access this extra tutoring! 
See their web site is at: http://lss.ucsc.edu/programs/modified-supplemental-instruction/index.html

The session schedule, once posted, will be at:  https://eop.sa.ucsc.edu/msi/msischedule.cfm

The Learning Assistant supplied for the course is  Jiahao Xu : jxu43 at ucsc.edu

MSI section times:  (times have been updated 4/25/17)

MORE HELP! 

STEM success classes -- tips and techniques on how to do general math/problem solving.  See this document for info

Class Rules and Regulations

A brief summary:

    • Required text: David Lay, 'Linear Algebra and Its Applications', Addison-Wesley
    • Discussion sections are mandatory.
    • There will be a very easy quiz in each discussion section
    • There is one homework per week due on by Fri 5pm (drop boxes, Jack's Lounge) on the previous week's material
    • There is one midterm
    • There is one final
    • Grades: 10% homework, 10% quizzes, 30% midterm, 50% final
    • You must get 60% to pass including at least 60% in the final
    • Maximise your chances: read the book, do homework and practice problems, go to section, tutorials, office hours

 

Resources you will need all the time:

 

Other Resources:

  • Disability Resource Center:

    • UC Santa Cruz is committed to creating an academic environment that supports its diverse student body. If you are a student with a disability who requires accommodations to achieve equal access in this course, please submit your “Accommodation Authorization Letter” from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me privately during my office hours or by appointment, as soon as possible in the academic quarter, preferably within 1 week. I also am open to and want to encourage you to discuss with me ways I/we can ensure your full participation in this course. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to learn more about the many services offered by the DRC. You can visit their website (http://drc.ucsc.edu/index.html), make an appointment, and meet in-person with a DRC staff member. The phone number is 831-459-2089 or email drc@ucsc.edu.

 

 Archived Announcements

4/7/17: Classes are now webcast!  Go to webcast.ucsc.edu   
You need password information to access the webcasts.  The password information is here.

4/13/17:  RE: WAITLISTS --- I have assigned all the permission codes that are available to me to students on the waitlist at this time.  Check your ucsc email for a message entitle "AMS10 permission number".  If you were waiting to get into the class and did not get a permission code, I am sorry -- there were no bigger classrooms and the fire marshall won't let me add any more.  AMS10 will be offered in the summer session this year, and again in the Fall and Spring of the next academic year (2017-18).

4/14/17:  First homework due in at 5pm Fri 4/14. 

4/14/17:  MORE HELP!  STEM success classes -- tips and techniques on how to do general math/problem solving.  See this document for info

4/24/17:  Midterm is coming up soon! Below is a sample midterm and solutions.  Don't just look at the solutions and think you can do things!!   Try the practice exam, THEN check your answers against the solutions.

 

5/3/17:  MIDTERM TOMORROW (THURS)!

Please arrive early to class for an on-time start at 9:50am

All you need is a pencil, eraser and your brain in top form!

See example exam above for style

Testing all all material in linear systems, matrices and applications so far.  NOT VECTORS!

5/8/17:  MIDTERM IS DONE!

Here are the midterm solutions.

The average grade was 83% (B+).  Here is a histogram of the grades.

DON'T GET COMPLACENT EVEN IF YOU DID FAIRLY WELL IN THE MIDTERM!  The second half of the course is harder than the first half!