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Paper-and-Pen Homework  

(Updated 9 September 2025)

Paper-and-Pen assignments should be submitted through Gradescope. You will be able to access Gradescope through the course Canvas page. If you are not familiar with Gradescope, you can find a video demonstrating the submission process at the following link:

https://gradescope.com/get_started#student-submission
Also Gradescope has provided a helpful guide to scanning and submitting your assignment as a PDF:
Guide to scanning and submitting your assignment
  • Late assignments will not be accepted.
  • Please keep all problems in the same order as the assignment list and ordered vertically on your page.
  • You must show all of your work.
  • All your solutions should be in a single pdf file before being uploaded, or as a picture for each question.
  • Please make sure your files are legible before submitting. Unreadable solutions will not earn credit.
  • Most word processors can save files as a pdf.
  • There are many tools to combine pdfs, such as here, and others for turning jpgs into pdfs, such as here.

    • Homework 0 (Reading Assignment)
      Reading: Please review the contents of the following PDF file. The contents of this PDF file are based on the topics and level of rigor typically found in a lower-division linear algebra class. At a minimum, everything covered here should be familiar to you. Some of these topics will be explored in our class with greater rigor and, in some cases, in a more general framework.

    • Linear_Algebra_Review.pdf (the pdf file has six pages)
    Note: The password can be found in item 6. of the email that was sent to students on Monday, 08/18/2025.
    Note: Please complete this reading assignment by 09/02/2025. If you have any questions, please come to my office hours.
    Note: Please carefully read the syllabus. If you have any questions about the syllabus, please come to my office hours.
    Homework 1     (Due Thursday, September 25, 11:59 pm)