COURSE: Matrices and Matrix Calculations, M340L #54285, Fall 2017
------ TTh 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, CPE 2.208, class attendance is mandatory
PREREQUISITES: M408C or M408K or M408N, with grade of at least C-
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TEXT: D.C. Lay, "Linear Algebra and its Applications", 4th edition
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SYLLABUS: Ch.1: Linear Equations (4 days)
-------- Ch.2,3: Matrix Algebra, Determinants (3 days)
Ch.4: Vector Spaces (6 day )
Ch.5: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (5 days)
Ch.6: Orthogonality (5 days)
Ch.7: Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms (3 days)
INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, RLM 12.152, Office Hours Mon Tue Thu 2:30-3:30 pm
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TA: Hung-Ming Hsu, Office Hours in RLM 9.142,
--- Tue Thu 2:30-3:30 pm and Fri 2-4 pm.
| 93 -100 A
GRADING: Letter grades (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F) will be given for | 89 - 92 A-
------- each exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 85 - 88 B+
be kept for averaging. The course grade is obtained | 81 - 84 B
by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams and of | 77 - 80 B-
the homework. Each student may replace the grade | 73 - 76 C+
of ONE exam by the grade of one of the later exams. | 69 - 72 C
| 65 - 68 C-
HOMEWORK will be assigned on Tuesdays and collected one week | 61 - 64 D+
-------- later in class. Each assignment is graded on a scale | 57 - 60 D
from 0 to 20. Half the sum of the ten highest HW | 53 - 56 D-
scores contributes 6% to the class grade. | 0 - 52 F
EXAMS: Three 70 minute in-class (Exams 1,2,3) | Exam 1 (Tu Sep 26) 22%
----- and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 9-11 am) | Exam 2 (Th Oct 19) 22%
The exams are mostly on new material. | Exam 3 (Tu Nov 14) 22%
Books, calculators, or notes are not | Exam 4 (Fr Dec 15) 28%
allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Homework 6%
DROP deadline: November 7, Tuesday. 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: UT provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for
--- qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact
Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 512-471-6259 (voice)
or 1-866-329-3986 (video phone).
MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M340L/
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