FIRST DAY HANDOUT, M340L #55555

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COURSE AND SYLLABUS
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COURSE: M340L MATRICES/MATRIX CALCULATIONS (55555) Fall 2023
  Prerequisites: M408C or M408K or M408N, with grade of at least C-

RECOMMENDED TEXT: D.C. Lay, "Linear Algebra and its Applications", 4th ed.

ROUGH SYLLABUS:
  Ch.1:   Linear Equations                      (5 days)
  Ch.2,3: Matrix Algebra, Determinants          (4 days)
  Ch.4:   Vector Spaces                         (6 days)
  Ch.5:   Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors          (4 days)
  Ch.6:   Orthogonality                         (4 days)
  Ch.7:   Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms   (3 days)

INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch
  Office hours Mon Wed 1:30 pm - 3 pm, in PMA 12.152

WEB PAGES: Course information is posted at https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M340L/.
  Access to some document files (lecture notes, exams, homework) is restricted.
  On first access, you will be prompted for a username and a password.
  The username is "class", and the password is posted on Canvas.
  Canvas is NOT otherwise used for this course.

LECTURES: Tue Thu 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, in GSB 2.126
  Attending classes is mandatory.
  Notes will be posted HERE one week in advance.

HOMEWORK: will be assigned/posted every Thursday HERE
  and is due the following Thursday in class.
  The sum of the highest 10 scores contribute 15% towards the course grade.

EXAMS: There will be two 75-minute midterm exams in GSB 2.126
  and a final exam (location announced in November). See also HERE.
  The course grade is obtained via averaging from the
  number grades on the three exams and the homework.

  Midterm 1: Thu Sep 21, 12:30 pm -  1:45 pm  (weight 25%)
  Midterm 2: Thu Oct 26, 12:30 pm -  1:45 pm  (weight 25%)
  Final:     Fri Dec  8,  8:00 am - 10:00 am  (weight 35%)
  Homework:                                   (weight 15%)

  No make-up exams are given,
  except in cases of documented illness or emergencies.
  For students with documented special needs, a time extension
  can be arranged if requested at least 10 days before the exam.

GRADING: Credit will be given mainly for valid, relevant, and comprehensible
  solution steps. Just answers receive little or no credit.
  Each exam is graded on a scale from 0 to 60 points
  and is "curved" to a number grade from 0 to 100
  via an affine function (example: grade = 10 + 1.5 * points).
  The "curve" will be made public after the exam is graded.
  The correspondence between number grades and letter grades is

  93 -100 A
  89 - 92 A-
  85 - 88 B+
  81 - 84 B
  77 - 80 B-
  73 - 76 C+
  69 - 72 C
  65 - 68 C-
  61 - 64 D+
  57 - 60 D
  53 - 56 D-
   0 - 52 F

  Graded exams are returned in class roughly a week after the exam.
  (Recall that class attendance is mandatory.)

DROP deadline: Mon October 23.
  Last day an undergraduate student may, with the dean's approval,
  withdraw from the University or drop a class
  except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.

SSD: Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic
  accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement,
  http://diversity.utexas.edu/disability/