COURSE: Matrices and Matrix Calculations, M340L #54435, Spring 2015
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TEXT: D.C. Lay, "Linear Algebra and its Applications", fourth edition
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SYLLABUS: Ch.1: Linear Equations (7 days)
-------- Ch.2,3: Matrix Algebra, Determinants (3 days)
Ch.4: Vector Spaces (9 day )
Ch.5: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (8 days)
Ch.6: Orthogonality (9 days)
Ch.7: Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms (5 days)
INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch, Office Hours TTh 3:00-4:30, RLM 12.152, Tel: 471-8183,
---------- Email: koch@math.utexas.edu, Web: www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/
GRADING: Letter grades (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F) will be given for | 93 -100 A
------- each exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 89 - 92 A-
be kept for averaging. The course grade is obtained | 85 - 88 B+
by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams and of | 81 - 84 B
the homework. Each student may replace the grade | 77 - 80 B-
of ONE exam by the grade of one of the later exams. | 73 - 76 C+
| 69 - 72 C
HOMEWORK will be assigned every Wednesday and collected one | 65 - 68 C-
week later in class. Each assignment is graded on a | 61 - 64 D+
scale from zero to 30. The sum/3 of the ten highest | 53 - 56 D-
scores contributes 6% to the class grade. | 0 - 52 F
EXAMS: Three 45 minute in-class (Exams 1,2,3) | Exam 1 (Fr Feb 13) 22%
----- and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 9-11 am) | Exam 2 (Fr Mar 13) 23%
The exams are mostly on new material. | Exam 3 (We Apr 15) 24%
Books, calculators, or notes are not | Exam 4 (Tu May 19) 25%
allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Homework 6%
MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M340L/
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