UM 102 - Analysis and Linear Algebra - 2 - Spring 2021 - Vamsi Pingali

The texts we will be referring to are as follows :
1. Apostol, Calculus 2 (primary text).
2. Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra.

The course description (along with pre-requisites) can be found on this webpage.

Instructor : Vamsi Pritham Pingali, vamsipingali@iisc.ac.in.

Office : N23 in the mathematics building.

Office Hours : By appointment.

Classroom and timings : TBA on Tue, Thur 11:30 - 1:00.

Tutorials : You have to coordinate with your assigned TA for the tutorial sessions.

Teaching Assistants (Their email addresses have to be completed with @iisc.ac.in) :
1. Deb Kumar Giri : debkumarg (You are assigned to Deb if your student ID number leaves a remainder of 0 when divided by 5)
2. Gouranga Mallik : gourangam (You are assigned to Gouranga if your student ID number leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 5)
3. Mihir Sheth : mihirsheth (You are assigned to Mihir if your student ID number leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 5)
4. Sumana Hatui : sumanahatui (You are assigned to Sumana if your student ID number leaves a remainder of 3 when divided by 5)
5. Vijay Kumar : vijayak (You are assigned to Vijay if your student ID number leaves a remainder of 4 when divided by 5)

Online classes will be held at least until March 31st. To this end, please join the sharepoint group UM 102 2021 on Microsoft Office. Moreover, I shall upload lectures on youtube as well as on Microsoft teams. I shall send you the links on the Team channel chat and/or email.

The Grading policy : 20% for the Quizzes based on Homeworks, 30% for the Midterm, and 50% for the Final.

Exams :

The Midterm shall be held on TBA.

Ethics: Read the information on the IISc student ethics page. In short, cheating is a silly thing. Don't do it. As for the quizzes based on HW, write them up on your own. You are NOT allowed to discuss them amongst yourselves.

Here is the tentative schedule. (It is subject to changes and hence visiting this webpage regularly is one of the best ideas in the history of best ideas.)