Grading
Regular in-class quizzes will be announced and given.
The quiz-score will contribute 10% to the course
grade.
Two hour exams, and a final exam, will each
contribute
30% to the course grade. Make-ups of quizzes
and exams
will only be given for University excused absences.
Permission
for a make-up must be discussed prior to the absence.
In order to succeed in this course it is necessary
to read
the book and work (at least) the suggested problems.
It
is recommended that you first read the section
of the book before
it is covered in class, then you reread the section
and the lecture notes, and
finally you work the suggested problems.
This course will be more {\it conceptual} than computational.
Therefore, you will need to memorize definitions,
to understand and know
the main idea behind key results, and to prove certain
facts. Calculators
will not be allowed for quizzes or
exams.
The course will cover the following
If you have a physical, learning, or psychological disability and require accommodations, please let me know as soon as possible. You will need to register with, and provide documentation of your disability to, University Disability Support Services (UDSS) in SEO, room 330 Knight Hall, 766-6189, TTY: 766-3073.
This syllabus and its provisions are subject to change. All such changes will be announced during class meetings.
Solutions to
Review 2
Solutions
to Exam 1 Review
Some interesting links to applications of Linear Algebra:
Google
and PageRank
Face recognition
and eigenvalues (More
eigenfaces)
Control
theory and automated highways
CD's
and coding theory
Data
Compression and Linear Algebra
Analysis
of DNA microarrays