MMAT5520 - Differential Equation and Linear Algebra - 2016/17

Announcement

• The final exam will be started at 18:45 on Dec 8.

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General Information

Lecturer

• Lau Chi Hin
  • Office: LSB 208
  • Tel: 3943 7987
  • Email:

Teaching Assistant

• Cheung Siu Wun
  • Office: LSB G06
  • Tel: 3943 7962
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Thursday 18:30 - 21:15, YIA LT7

Course Description

The course is intended to provide an amalgamated treatment of Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. Emphasis will be placed on algebraic intuition and geometric visualization, together with illustrations of applications.

Textbooks

• Edwards & Penney: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra; Pearson Education International

References

• Michael D. Greenberg: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra; Prentice Hall
• Nagle, Saff, Snider: Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems; Pearson

Lecture Notes

• Introduction
• Lecture notes (The mistakes in the questions or answers of the following problems have been corrected: Section 4.1 (2(c),(e)); Section 4.2 (1(c)); Section 4.7 (1(a), 2(b)))

Presentation Slides

• Linear system and matrices
• Vector spaces
• Second order equation
• Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

Assignments

• Assignment 1 (due date: 6 Oct 2016 (Thur))
• Assignment 2 (due date: 20 Oct 2016 (Thur))
• Assignment 3 (due date: 10 Nov 2016 (Thur))
• Assignment 4 (due date: 1 Dec 2016 (Thur))
• Assignment 5

Quizzes and Exams

• Final Exam 2014
• Final Exam 2012
• Final Exam 2010
• Final Exam 2008

Solutions

• Assignment 1 Solution
• Assignment 2 Solution
• Midterm Exam Solution
• Assignment 3 Solution
• Assignment 4 Solution
• Assignment 5 Solution

Assessment Scheme

Assignments		20%
Mid-term exam (27 Oct Thursday)		35%
Final exam (8 Dec Thursday)		45%

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Last updated: December 03, 2016 22:44:10