Math 285 Linear Algebra

Instructor: Email: Office: Phone: Office Hours: Homepage:

Dr. Pablo Chalmeta pchalmeta@nr.edu 48 Godbey (540) 674-3600 ext. 4266 Current Schedule https://www.nr.edu/chalmeta

Test dates are estimates. Test 1: September 29 Test 2: November 3 Test 3: December 11 Final Exam: December 20 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Course Information	Software Resources
Course Plan. Course syllabus. Assignment sheet . Grades. Old VT common time finals.	Three popular choices for software in this class are Excel, Octave and Matlab. Excel you have paid for with your student fees. GNU Octave is a free version of Matlab but does not perform symbolic calculations. Matlab is used widely in industry. Octave uses the same notation as Matlab. This Matlab Basics comes from the VT math department and is a great primer on working with Matlab and Octave.

Selected Class Notes

Chapter 1 (some examples for sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.7) . Chapter 2 (2.1 - 2.3) . Chapter 4 (4.2 - 4.6) . Chapter 4 groupwork. Chapter 5 (5.1 - 5.3) + complex arithmetic review . Gram-Schmidt notes .

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285 Class Page / pchalmeta@nr.edu / revised August 2017