MA22020: Advanced linear algebra

Welcome

This is the home page of MA22020: Advanced linear algebra taught by Fran Burstall.

Timetable

I will lecture two times a week as follows:

• Tuesdays at 18:15 in 8W1.1
• Thursdays at 16:15 in 3WN2.1

Lectures start in week 1 and tutorials in week 2 (check your timetable for the time and place of your tutorial.)

Additionally, I shall record a problem class in the shape of me working through the exercise sheets at 14:15 every other Friday afternoon, starting in week 3. Join me on zoom if you like and mail me if there is something you particularly want me to cover.

Go to the Moodle page for the zoom link.

Office hours

Any hour that I am not busy with lectures or problems classes is an office hour. Just drop me an email or swing by my office (4W3.39).

The story so far

I keep a diary of what I covered in lectures. There is also an official syllabus and a reading list.

Exercise sheets

Exercise sheets will be issued every other week on Thursdays, starting in week 1, and homework should handed in at the 4W pigeon holes by noon two week later after which solutions will be available here.

• Exercise sheet 1 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.
• Exercise sheet 2 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.
• Exercise sheet 3 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.
• Exercise sheet 4 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.
• Exercise sheet 5 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.
• Exercise sheet 6 with solutions as PDF, clearprint and html.

Lecture notes

Here are typeset notes for the course.

WARNING: these are not a substitute for taking your own careful notes during lectures. In particular, these notes are a work in progress and will certainly contain many mistakes (if you find any, report them to me!).

• The entire course as PDF, clearprint PDF or html. Last updated: 09:53, Thursday, December 12 2024.
• Log of recent corrections and additions to the notes.
• Course outline: all the theorems and definitions from the course (auto-generated from the course notes) as PDF, clearprint PDF or html.

Panopto/re:view

Look here for recordings of lectures and problem classes.

Forums

There are two (usually low-traffic) forums on moodle associated to this unit where you can ask me questions (equally, you can just send me an email):

• Discussion forum: for maths questions around the course material and exercise sheets.
• Queries forum: for questions about the administration of the course.

You can unsubscribe to either forum if they do not interest you.

Assessment

This unit is assessed 100% by exam. Generic exam feedback will be available early in the spring. Individual exam feedback will be offered after the marks come out.

Mock Exam

Here is a mock exam derived from the 2024 MA20216 exam.

The exam is two hours long. The rubric asks you to do ALL questions.

Mock exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions.

Past papers

The predecessor of the unit was MA20216 and the past papers for that unit are still relevant. However, changes in content mean that some questions should be ignored.

• 2020 exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions. Ignore questions 3, 4, 5 and 8.
• 2021 exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions. Ignore questions 3, 4, 5, 7(c) and 8.
• 2022 exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions. Ignore questions 3, 4, 5, 7(a), 8 and 9(a).
• 2022 mock exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions. Ignore question 5.
• 2023 exam as PDF, clearprint PDF and html with solutions. Ignore question 5.

Feedback

I welcome feedback in the form of constructive comments or criticism.

Problems with this site?

If you encounter any problems while using this site, send me mail describing as completely as you can what has gone wrong.