Mathematics for Computer Scientists II

Summer semester 2017

Prof. Dr. Christian Bender

M.Sc. Steffen Meyer

M.Sc. Matthias Thiel


News



The results of the second exam are available at the pinboard between the rooms 206 and 207, building E2 4. The post-exam review takes place on 20 October 2017 from 14:15 to 15:15 in HS II, building E2 5.

The second exam will be written on Monday, 9th October from 9:00-12:00 in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal. As in the first exam you are allowed to use one handwritten DIN A4-page (one-sided!) with notes in the exam. Further means, like e.g. calculators, are not allowed.

The results of the first exam are available at the pinboard between the rooms 206 and 207, building E2 4. The post-exam review takes place on 30 March 2017 from 9:00 to 11:00 in HS II, building E2 5.

The exam will be written in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal and Hörsaal 1. The allocation to the rooms is alphabetically as described below:

Students whose last names start with the letters A-M: Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal.
Students whose last names start with the letters N-Z: Hörsaal 1.

You are allowed to use one handwritten DIN A4-page (one-sided!) with notes in the exam. Further means, like e.g. calculators, are not allowed.


Because of the public holiday on June the 5th, there will be an extra tutorial on the 6th June in HS 3, building E 2.5 from 6-8 pm for those students who would have their tutorial on June the 5th. Morveover, there will be an extra tutorial on June the 13th in HS 3, building E 2.5 from 6-8 pm for those students who would have their tutorial on June the 15th, because there is also a public holiday.

Slides concerning matrices

Because of the public holiday on May the 25th, there will be an extra tutorial on the 23th May in HS 3, building E 2.5 from 6-8 pm for those students who would have their tutorial on thursday.

On May the 18th, tutorial 17 will take place in HS2, building E 2.5.

The regular tutorials will start in the week beginning with the 15th May. Please visit the tutorial you're assigned to. You can find the correspondig tutorial to your group in the table below. The empty tutor cells in the table will be filled till next week.

Lectures

Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal, building E2 2
Friday 10:00 - 12:00 in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal, building E2 2


This course is concerned with various topics of linear algebra that are of interest for computer scientists. Among other topics this course will introduce vector spaces, solving methods for linear equation systems, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, functional analytic generalizations and fourier series.

This course, which is the second part of the "Mathematics for Computer Scientists" lecture series, is intended for students in computer science, bioinformatics, business informatics and media informatics. Prerequisites for this course are knowledge of the course "Mathematics for Computer Scientists I".

Literature

If you have any questions regarding the organisation of the course, please contact Steffen Meyer.
For questions regarding the assignments please contact Matthias Thiel.

Tutorials

Organisation of the tutorials and assignments: Steffen Meyer and Matthias Thiel
In the week beginning with 8th May there will be only the following tutorials, from which you can visit one of your choice:

Tuesday, 9th May 18:00 - 20:00 in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal, building E2 2
Thursday, 11th May 18:00 - 20:00 in Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal, building E2 2


Please note that the due date for assignment 1 is now Friday April 28th, 2 pm.
The allocation of students to the tutorial groups is available here.

The tutorials commence in the week beginning with 15th May 2017. In the following table you find the tutorials and the corresponding rooms, tutors and box numbers.
The registration for the tutorials is closed.

Number

Day

Time

Room

Tutor

Box Number

1

Monday

10:15-11:45

Zeichensaal (U.39), building E2.5

Lukas Wachter

35

2

Monday

12:15-13:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Ricardo Schnur

27

3

Monday

14:15-15:45

SSR 5 (011), building E2.5

Laura Heine

29

4

Monday

16:15-17:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Laura Heine

29

5

Tuesday

8:30-10:00

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Evelyn Weber

34

6

Tuesday

10:15-11:45

SR 10 (316), building E2.4

Marc Hermes

33

7

Tuesday

12:15-13:45

Zeichensaal (U.39), building E2.5

Evelyn Weber

34

8

Tuesday

16:15-17:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Vincent Preiss

31

9

Wednesday

8:30-10:00

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Marc Hermes

33

10

Wednesday

12:15-13:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Peter-Maximilian Ney

30

11

Wednesday

14:15-15:45

Zeichensaal (U.39), building E2.5

Miralem Sinanovic

36

12

Wednesday

16:15-17:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Jörn Brenner

38

13

Thursday

8:30:10:00

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Vincent Preiss

31

14

Thursday

10:15:11:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Ulrike Mayer

28

15

Thursday

12:15:13:45

SR 10 (316), building E2.4

Ulrike Mayer

28

16

Thursday

14:15:15:45

SSR 5 (011), building E2.5

Miralem Sinanovic

36

17

Thursday

16:15:17:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Ricardo Schnur

27

18

Friday

12:15:13:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Tristan Bergmann

32

19

Friday

14:15:15:45

SSR 6 (217), building E2.4

Tristan Bergmann

32

Consultation hours

Beginning in the week of first May the tutors will offer the following consultation hours:

Tutor

Time

Room

Marc Hermes

Monday 10:30-11:30

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Laura Heine

Monday 11:30-12:30

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Evelyn Weber

Monday 13:00-14:00

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Lukas Wachter

Tuesday 10:00-11:00

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Miralem Sinanovic

Tuesday 13:00-13:00

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Tristan Bergmann

Tuesday 14:00-15:00

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Jörn Brenner

Thursday 11:30-12:30

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Vincent Preiss

Thursday, 13:00-14:00

317 (group study room, building E2 4)

Ricardo Schnur

Thursday 15:00-16:00

220 building E2 4

Steffen Meyer

o.A.

208, building E2 4

Matthias Thiel

o.A.

207, building E2 4




Assignments

Except for special circumstances the assignments will be uploaded to this web page on Wednesdays and solutions should be handed in one week after the respective upload.

The allocation of students to the tutorial groups will be announced here till tuesday the 25th of april. Each tutorial group will have a designated box. Please drop your solutions into the designated box in the basement of building E2 5.

Assignment 01 (due date: 28 April 2017, 14:00)
Assignment 02 (due date: 03 May 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 03 (due date: 10 May 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 04 (due date: 17 May 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 05 (due date: 24 May 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 06 (due date: 31 May 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 07 (due date: 07 June 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 08 (due date: 14 June 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 09 (due date: 21 June 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 10 (due date: 28 June 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 11 (due date: 05 July 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 12 (due date: 12 July 2017, 10:15)
Assignment 13 (due date: 19 July 2017, 10:15)


Exam

For this course there will be written exams on 18 August 2017 09:00-12:00 and on 09 October 2017 09-12:00. You only need to take one of these exams to get the credit points for this course. In order to take the exam you need to attend the tutorials and get at least 50% of the points in the assignments. Moreover, you need to sign up for the respective exam with the LSF. The precise rules are explained in the first lecture as well as in the first tutorial for each tutorial group. It is possible to sign up and off for the first exam until 11 August 2017.

You are allowed to use one handwritten DIN A4-page (one-sided!) with notes in the exam. Further means, like e.g. calculators, are not allowed.




Last modified on 3 May 2017 by Matthias Thiel