Linear Algebra: Homepage (Section 5)

This is the official course website for math304-05-s21, i.e. Linear Algebra, section 5 at Binghamton University in Spring 2021. This can be regarded as the syllabus for this course.

The navbar at the top of the page has most of the links you will need for this course. You should also read the math department's linear algebra webpage which includes general information on the course; where they disagree, my page (you're reading it now) takes precedence.

If you have an idea for the website, please send me an email with your suggestion.

Course Information

Instructor: Chris Eppolito (please call me "Chris")

Email: eppolito-at-math-dot-binghamton-dot-edu

Zoom: You must use your Bmail to join these meetings (Zoom will not let you in otherwise). You will also need to be patient; I have security in place which means I have to individually approve your entry to the meeting. The meeting link is automatically sent via email to registered students whenever I update this website. In case you lose it somehow, I've included it below in a cipher.

The meeting room ID has three groups of digits. Group one can be obtained by subtracting seventy-three from one thousand. Group two can be obtained by writing out the positive one-digit even numbers in the following order: smallest, largest, square of the smallest, the one divisible by three. Group three is the result of adding the number of hours in a day to one quarter of the number in the title of this book.

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 09:40 to 10:40 in the same Zoom room as lectures. I am also available by appointment (email me to propose a time to meet).

Learning Online

This is a place for study tips! If you have a study tip you'd like to share, please email me and I will add it here. Here we go…

  1. Don't procrastinate! Set goals or make a to-do list for the class each day and make sure you achieve it!
  2. Don't look up answers; do things on your own and ask a human for help when you get stuck (PS. Chris thinks he's a human, so you could ask him).
  3. Practice makes perfect! Work both harder and smarter :)
  4. Do the practice problems. You learn maths by doing maths!
  5. Take notes on the lectures, videos, and practice problems.
  6. Use GeoGebra for help visualizing things when you can!