COURSE:   Matrices and matrix calculations,    M340L #94295,    Summer 2007
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TEXT:     D.C. Lay,  "Linear Algebra and its Applications",   third edition
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SYLLABUS:   Ch.1:   Linear Equations                               (4 days)
--------    Ch.2,3: Matrix Algebra, Determinants                   (2 days)
            Ch.4:   Vector Spaces                                  (5 day )
            Ch.4:   Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors                   (5 days)
            Ch.6:   Orthogonality                                  (5 days)
            Ch.6:   Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms            (2 days)

INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch,  Office Hours  MTh 12:30-2:00,  RLM 12.152
----------  Email: koch@math.utexas.edu, Web: www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/

GRADING:  Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) will be given for each     | 90 -100  A
-------   exam, but number grades  (100,99,..,2,1,0)  will     | 80 - 89  B
          be kept for averaging.  The course grade will be     | 70 - 79  C
          obtained  by averaging  the scores  of the three     | 60 - 69  D
          exams and of the homework.                           |  0 - 59  F

HOMEWORK  will be assigned every Tuesday and Friday, and collected in class
--------  the following Friday and Tueday, respectively. One homework score
          can be dropped, and the others contribute 10% to the class grade.

EXAMS:  There will be three 75-minute exams,   | Exam 1  ( Th Jul 19 )  30%
-----   covering approx 80% new and 20% old    | Exam 2  ( We Aug  1 )  30%
        material. Exam 3 is the final ---->    | Exam 3  ( Sa Aug 11 )  30%
        Make-up exams will be given only if    | Homework               10%
        a student missed an exam and can document a valid reason.