ECSE-501A Linear Systems

ECSE-501A Linear Systems
Fall 2003
Instructor: Benoit Boulet

The course outline may be updated during the term, so I invite you to have a look at it once in a while.
McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).

Course News

I have put your marked assignments and midterms that have not been claimed on the 7th floor. (posted Dec 23)
office hrs before the final: Monday Dec. 8, 15:00-16:00 and Tuesday Dec. 9, 15:00-16:00. (posted Dec. 8)
Tuesday Nov. 18: Lecture cancelled. I have an eye infection that needs treatment. Please study L21. (Tuesday Nov. 18)
Your TA (marker) Yingxuan Duan will have office hours on Friday mornings 9:30-10:30. Her office is MC428 (posted Sep. 19)
Welcome back to McGill. I hope you had a great time during the holidays. You are welcome to drop by my office if you have any comments or questions, or just to chat, on Thursdays 14:00-15:00. If I know I can't be there for some reason, I'll let you know by leaving a note on this page or on my schedule. (posted Sep. 9)

Problem Assignments
There will be a number (5 or 6) of marked assignments. Since 20% of your final grade will be based on the assignments, I want them to be handed in by the deadline. Therefore you will lose 5% of your marks on your late assignment for every day past the deadline.

Assignment 1: pdf
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solutions: pdf

Assignment 2: pdf
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Midterm
There will be one midterm test worth 30% of your final grade. This will be an open-book test. Faculty standard calculators only. The test will take place on Tuesday November 4, 10:00-11:30 in ENGTR0060. The midterm covers main topics 1-4, i.e., lectures L1-L16, excluding Section 5 in L16.
solutions (pdf)

Final
Scheduled on WED Dec. 10, 14:00-17:00. This is an official final exam run by the faculty. To find out what room it is held in (this can't be known in advance,) you must arrive early and look in McConnell's lobby for the overhead projector showing the rooms assigned to the final exams. Please be aware of the following:
-only the faculty standard calculators will be allowed (look at the rules)
-the exam is closed-book, but you're allowed to bring one double-sided, handwritten crib sheet.
-Material on observability/constructibility (L24 & L25) is excluded from the final, as mentioned in class.

Tutorials
There won't be any tutorial sessions. However, your TA (marker) Yingxuan Duan will have office hours on Friday mornings 9:30-10:30. Her office is MC428.

Office Hours
Nominally on Tuesday and Thursday (changed from Wednesday) 15:00-16:00. Please consult my schedule to see if this time might have been moved.

Lecture Notes
Originally from G. Zames and C.D. Charalambous, they are posted as pdf files. Each lecture (LX) represents material for a 1.5hour-lecture.

        L1: pdf
        L2: pdf
        L3: pdf
        L4: pdf
        L5: pdf
        L6: pdf
        L7: pdf
        L8: pdf
        L9: pdf
        L10: pdf
        L11: pdf
        L12: pdf
        L13: pdf
        L14: pdf
        L15: pdf
        L16: pdf
        L17: pdf
        L18: pdf
        L19: pdf
        L20: pdf
        L21: pdf
        L22: pdf
        L23: pdf
        L24: pdf
        L25: pdf