MATH S2010Q (Section 003):
Linear Algebra
Summer 2006 (2nd Session)

Mon, Tue, Wed, and Thu, 1pm - 2:35pm, Room 417, Mathematics
July 5 - August 11

• Announcements
• Course Details
• Schedule of Lectures and Homeworks

Announcements

All important course announcements will appear here. So check back regularly.

Class meets in the Mathematics building, room 417!

The first day of class is July 5th. See you there.
To make up for the missed days we will have two makeup Fridays. July 14th and July 28th. Note that the scheduled makeup date is July 21, but I can't be in class that date so please mark these dates on your callendar.

Course Details

Instructor:  Matt DeLand (x45886, 206 Mathematics, deland@math.columbia.edu)

Office Hours: 11am-12pm Monday and Wednesday (the day that homeworks are due). I'll also be around Tuesday and Thursdays or other times by appointment.

Teaching Assistant: MingMin Shen. mshen@math.columbia.edu Office Hours: TBA

Text: "Linear Algebra with Applications" Steven J. Leon (Seventh Edition) Prentice Hall.

Course description: Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformation, orthogonality, rank-nullity theorem, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical forms, applications. See also the course outline below.

Prerequisites: The more you know, of course, the better. That being said though, the course is for the most part self-contained. The official requirements are posted as Calculus III or the equivalent, but even this may not be that necessary. Some familiarity with complex numbers will also be assumed. Please talk to me or the TA if you need a refresher. Email me if you have specific questions as to whether or not you're prepared to take the course.

Policies: The course is only six weeks long, and we will be moving quickly.
Please try to keep up as there won't be much time to catch up. Here are some suggested policies:

1. Active participation is strongly encouraged. Math is best learned by asking questions and by
   practicing (and practicing some more).
2. Reading the book is helpful. Please try to read the material we are going to cover before AND after class.
3. Attend class. (Not everything we cover will be from the book).
4. Do the homework.
5. Do problems that aren't assigned. This will make sure you understand the material and help you prepare for quizzes and exams.
6. Ask questions if something is not clear, both in class and outside of class.

Homework: Homework will be assigned daily and it is to your benefit to do it.

• It will be collected on Mondays and Wednesdays. The lowest grade will be dropped.
• Late homework will not be accepted.
• Collaboration is encouraged, as long as the work you hand in is your own. Also, staple your homework.
• For all written work, solve the problems in an organized fashion, with clear explanations. The grader can't/won't read your mind.
• Knowing how to solve the problems assigned will be to your benefit when taking quizzes and exams. It will also help you to know how to do problems in the book that weren't assigned.
• There will also be a few extra credit problems maid available during the course of the course. These will be more difficult than normal homework problems, and, because they are extra credit, are meant to be solved on your own without help from other students, me, or the TA. Correct solutions will be taken into account in terms of grading in a purely subjective way.

Resources: Help is always available from the Help Room (Mathematics 406, 10am-5pm Mon-Thur), me, or the TA.
If there's something you don't understand -- ASK.

Exams: We will have 4 quizzes, one midterm, and one final

• There will be a quiz every Monday except for the week of the midterm exam, date TBA.
• The final exam given on TBA. All exams will be given in class.
• No Calculators will be allowed.
• There will be no make-up exams without a note from a doctor or a dean.
• Let me know as soon as possible if there's going to be a conflict

Grading: The tentative grading scheme is as follows:

• Final: 40%
• Midterm: 25%
• Quizzes: 15%
• Homeworks: 20%

Class Schedule and Homework Assignments

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