COURSE:  Matrices and Matrix Calculations,    M340L  #54155,     Fall 2018
------   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 ed. recommended
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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                  (4 days)
            Ch.6:   Orthogonality                                 (5 days)
            Ch.7:   Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms           (3 days)

INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, Office Hours  Mon Tue Thu 2:30-3:30 pm,  RLM 12.152
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TA:         Carter Smith,  Office Hours  Mon Wed 8:30-10:30 am, RLM 11.104
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                                                               | 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 25)  22%
-----   and a 120 minute Final  (Exam 4, 7-9 pm) | Exam 2  (Th Oct 18)  22%
        The exams  are mostly  on new  material. | Exam 3  (Tu Nov 13)  22%
        Books,  calculators,  or  notes  are not | Exam 4  (Sa Dec 15)  28%
        allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Homework              6%

DROP deadline: November 1, Thursday. 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/

MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M340L/
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