Math 54: Fall 2007

Lecture: TuTh 3:30-5, 155 Dwinelle
Section 208: MWF 11-12, 81 Evans
Section 212: MWF 2-3, 39 Evans
GSI: Brian Rothbach
Email: rothbach@math.berkeley.edu
(feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns, or even just to tell me that this web page is too green).
Office: 716 Evans Hall
Office Hours: Th 10-11, F 1-2.
(unless you have blue hair, this is the easiest way for me to learn your name).
Instructor: Professor Gu
Email: mgu@math.berkeley.edu
Office: 861 Evans Hall
Office Hours: W 12-1:30, TuTh 12:30-2
Course website: http://math.berkeley.edu/~mgu/MA54/index.html
Head TA: Aubrey Clayton
Office: 741 Evans
Web page: http://math.berkeley.edu/~aclayton/math54/OH.html
If you have any questions about scheduling, please go to Aubrey's office hours.
Math 54 is an introductory course on linear algebra and differential equations. Topics include solving linear equations by Gaussian elimination, matrices, vector spaces, eigenvector and eignevalues, the characteristic equation, applications to systems of linear differential equations with constant coefficients, and partial differential equations.

Homework:
Homework will be due each Monday in discussion section, unless Monday is a holiday, in which case homework will be due Wednesday. Assignments will be graded out of 1.5, with 1 point for doing the homework, and .5 points for doing a particular problem correctly. Only the 10 highest homeworks out of 14 will be counted. All homework assignments can be found from Ming Gu's website.

Quizzes: Quizzes will occur each week the day after homework is due, except on the weeks on exam, when quizzes will be on Fridays. Each quiz will be worth 1.5 points and consist of 1 problem from the homework due earlier in the week. Only the top 10 out of 14 quizzes will be counted.


Grades:
There will be two midterms and a final.

Quizzes, worksheets, quiz solutions, and other mishmash
All files are in pdf format, and can be read by Adobe Acrobat
Date Item
Friday, September 7 Quiz 1 (Section 208)
Friday, September 7 Quiz 1 Solutions (Section 208)
Friday, September 7 Quiz 1 (Section 212)
Friday, September 7 Quiz 1 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 12 Quiz 2 (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 12 Quiz 2 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 12 Quiz 2 (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 12 Quiz 2 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 19 Quiz 3 (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 19 Quiz 3 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 19 Quiz 3 (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 19 Quiz 3 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 26 Quiz 4 (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 26 Quiz 4 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, September 26 Quiz 4 (Section 212)
Wednesday, September 26 Quiz 4 Solutions (Section 212)
Monday, October 1 Quiz 5 (Section 208)
Monday, October 1 Quiz 5 Solutions (Section 208)
Monday, October 1 Quiz 5 (Section 212)
Monday, October 1 Quiz 5 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 10 Quiz 6 (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 10 Quiz 6 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 10 Quiz 6 (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 10 Quiz 6 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 17 Quiz 7 (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 17 Quiz 7 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 17 Quiz 7 (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 17 Quiz 7 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 24 Quiz 8 (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 24 Quiz 8 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 24 Quiz 8 (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 24 Quiz 8 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 31 Quiz 9 (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 31 Quiz 9 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, October 31 Quiz 9 (Section 212)
Wednesday, October 31 Quiz 9 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, November 7 Quiz 10 (Section 208)
Wednesday, November 7 Quiz 10 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, November 7 Quiz 10 (Section 212)
Wednesday, November 7 Quiz 10 Solutions (Section 212)
Friday, November 16 Quiz 11 (Section 208)
Friday, November 16 Quiz 11 Solutions (Section 208)
Friday, November 16 Quiz 11 (Section 212)
Friday, November 16 Quiz 11 Solutions (Section 212)
Monday, November 19 Quiz 12 (Section 208)
Monday, November 19 Quiz 12 Solutions (Section 208)
Monday, November 19 Quiz 12 (Section 212)
Monday, November 19 Quiz 12 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, November 28 Quiz 13 (Section 208)
Wednesday, November 28 Quiz 13 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, November 28 Quiz 13 (Section 212)
Wednesday, November 28 Quiz 13 Solutions (Section 212)
Wednesday, December 5 Quiz 14 (Section 208)
Wednesday, December 5 Quiz 14 Solutions (Section 208)
Wednesday, December 5 Quiz 14 (Section 212)
Wednesday, December 5 Quiz 14 Solutions (Section 212)

You may find it useful to look at my 54 webpages from Spring 2006 or Spring 2007. In particular, these pages feature my old quizzes, which may be useful as practice problems. (Of course, those pages also features the same shade of green as this website.)