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ALAMOCOLLEGESNORTHWESTVISTACOLLEGEMATHMATHEMATICS
LINEARALGEBRAMATH
2318
FullTermSpring2015 Section004.11350 330Credits
01/20/2015to05/16/2015 Modified02/27/2015
MEETINGTIMES
TR3:304:45
JH313
CONTACTINFORMATION
MathematicsDepartment
Instructor:JaideepMatRoy
Email:jroy@alamo.edu(mailto:jroy@alamo.edu)
Office:JH111S
Phone:(210)4864302(office)/(210)2609463(cell)
OfficeHours:
Monday,Wednesday,1:30PMto2:30PM,JH111S
Tuesday,Thursday,9:30AMto12:30PM,JH111S
Tuesday,Thursday,2:45PMto3:15PM,JH111S
Friday,9:30AMto10:30AM,JH111S
MATERIALS
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LinearAlgebraandItsApplications
Author:Lay
Publisher:Pearson
Edition:4th
ISBN:9780321385178
StudentStudyGuideforLinearAlgebra
Author:Lay
Publisher:Pearson
Edition:4th
ISBN:9780321388834
Optional
Thisistherecommendedstudyguideforthecourse.
LectureNotesforMATH2318:LinearAlgebra
(packetsoldinNVCbookstore)
DESCRIPTION
Introducesandprovidesmodelsforapplicationoftheconceptsofvectoralgebra.Topicsincludefinite
dimensionalvectorspacesandtheirgeometricsignificancerepresentingandsolvingsystemsoflinear
equationsusingmultiplemethods,includingGaussianeliminationandmatrixinversionmatrices
determinantslineartransformationsquadraticformseigenvaluesandeigenvectorandapplicationsin
scienceandengineering.
Prerequisites
MATH2413withagradeof"C"orbetter,orequivalent
INRW0420
OUTCOMES
1Solvesystemsoflinearequationsusingmultiplemethods,includingGaussianeliminationandmatrix
inversion.
2Carryoutmatrixoperations,includinginversesanddeterminants.
3Demonstrateunderstandingoftheconceptsofvectorspaceandsubspace.
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4Demonstrateunderstandingoflinearindependence,span,andbasis.
5Determineeigenvaluesandeigenvectorsandsolveproblemsinvolvingeigenvalues.
6Applyprinciplesofmatrixalgebratolineartransformations.
7Demonstrateapplicationofinnerproductsandassociatednorms.
EVALUATION
Gradeswillbeassignedinaccordancewiththefollowinggradingscale.
90100%A
8089%B
7079%C
6069%D
<60%F
Breakdown
Quizzes15%
Exam115%
Exam215%
Exam315%
Exam415%
FinalExam25%
Criteria
Homework:Homeworkwillbeassignedforeachclassmeeting,butassignmentswillnotbecollected.
Readingthetextbookandcompletingthehomeworkisthemostessentialpartofthe
learningprocessduringthestudyofLinearAlgebra.
StudentsareencouragedtochecktheirsolutionsusingtherecommendedStudyGuide.
Workingwithotherstudentsonhomeworkisencouraged.
Askingforhelpfromyourinstructorisencouraged.
Quizzes:Eachweek,atakehomequizwillbedistributedbasedonthatweek'slecturematerialand
assignedhomeworkproblems.
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EachweeklyquizwillbedistributedattheendofThursday'sclassmeetinganddueatthe
beginningofTuesday'sclassmeeting.
Useofyourtextbookandhomeworkassignmentstocompleteanyquizisallowedand
encouraged.
Forclarificationaboutquizquestions,onlycontactyourinstructor.
Collaboration,copying,oranyformofcommunicationwithanyotherstudentsortutorson
quizzesisnotallowed.
Donotseekhelponquizzesfromthelabsoranyotherinstructors.
Completeallquizzesbyyourself.
Violatingtheseruleswillbeconsideredanactofscholasticdishonestywhose
consequencesmayincludeafailinggradeforthequizorthecourse.
Nolatequizzeswillbeacceptedforanyreason.
Exams:Therewillbefourmajorexamsandacomprehensivefinalexam.Therewillbenomakeup
examsforanyreason.(Pleasenoteofthescheduleofexamsgivenbelow.)Allstudentsare
requiredtocompletetheFinalExam.
COURSEPOLICIES
AttendancePolicy
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absencesandtardieswillberecordedstartingthefirstdayofclass.Ifyouareabsentforanyreason,
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requirementscoveredontheday(s)youmissed.Youmaybewithdrawnfromthecoursefor
excessiveabsences.Ifyoustopattendingclassforanyreason,youmustcontactmeortheregistrar
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toofficiallywithdrawbeforethefinalwithdrawaldatemayresultinyouearningafailinggradeforthe
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SixDropRule
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Tutoring
MathLabforCooperativeLearning:YoucanreceivefreeandunlimitedtutoringintheJH316Math
Lab.Refertohttp://www.alamo.edu/nvc/tutoring/math/(http://www.alamo.edu/nvc/tutoring/math/)for
moreinformationonbothtutoringlabsandtutorschedules.
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underminesthemissionforStudentSuccess.However,theunfortunaterealityisthatasmallnumber
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betreatedwithrespectanddignity,andallreachtheirpotentialinasafeandwelcomingcommunity.
SCHEDULE
TentativeCourseCalendar
Day
Date
Topics
Notes
1/20
1.1
1/22
1.2
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1/27
1.3
1/29
1.4
2/3
1.5
LastdatetodropwithoutaWisWednesday,
February4
2/5
1.7
2/10
1.8
2/12
Exam1
2/17
2.1
2/19
2.2
2/24
2.3
2/26
3.1
3/3
3.2
3/5
Exam2
3/10
SpringBreak
3/12
SpringBreak
3/17
4.1
3/19
4.2
3/24
4.3
3/26
4.4
3/31
4.5
4/2
4.6
4/7
Exam3
4/9
5.1
4/14
5.2
4/16
5.3
LastdaytowithdrawisFriday,April17
4/21
5.4
4/23
6.1
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4/28
6.2
4/30
6.3
5/5
Exam4
5/7
6.5
5/12
StudyDaynoclass
5/14
FinalExam(3:30
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HomeworkAssignments
Section
Topic
Pages
Homework
1.1
SystemsofLinearEquations
10
7,1922all,25,33
1.2
RowReductionandEchelonForms
21
115odd,16,17,19,2328all
1.3
VectorEquations
32
1116all,1922,25,26,29
1.4
TheMatrixEquationAx=b
40
119odd,27,28,31,32
1.5
SolutionSetsofLinearSystems
47
113odd,2933odd
1.7
LinearIndependence
60
919odd,2329odd
1.8
IntroductiontoLinearTransformations
68
1720all,25,31
2.1
MatrixOperations
100
13,1726all
2.2
TheInverseofaMatrix
109
14all,1123odd,29,31,35
2.3
CharacterizationsofInvertibleMatrices
115
1,3,5,1524all
3.1
IntroductiontoDeterminants
167
18all
3.2
PropertiesofDeterminants
175
19all
4.1
VectorSpacesandSubspaces
195
117odd,23,24
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4.2
NullSpaces,ColumnSpaces,andLinear
Transformations
205
36all,1726all
4.3
LinearlyIndependentSetsBases
213
2125all
4.4
CoordinateSystems
222
18all
4.5
TheDimensionofaVectorSpace
229
16all
4.6
Rank
236
14all
5.1
EigenvectorsandEigenvalues
271
117odd
5.2
TheCharacteristicEquation
279
113odd
5.3
Diagonalization
286
117odd
5.4
EigenvectorsandLinearTransformations
293
117odd
6.1
InnerProduct,Length,andOrthogonality
336
119odd
6.2
OrthogonalSets
344
17all,11
6.3
OrthogonalProjections
352
19odd,19
6.5
LeastSquaresProblems
366
14all,9,11
(Completinghomeworkassignmentsisthemostessentialpartofthelearningprocess.Youare
encouragedtocarefullyreadthesectionsfromyourtextbookbeforeattemptingthese
problems.)
INSTITUTIONALPOLICIES
STUDENTRESPONSIBILITIES:
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EffectiveSpringTerm2010,studentabsenceswillberecordedfromthefirstdaytheclassmeets.
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constitutesattendance.Also,bothtardinessandearlydeparturefromclassmaybeconsideredforms
ofabsenteeism.Inallcases,studentswillbeheldresponsibleforcompletionofcourserequirements
coveredintheirabsence.
Additionally,itisthestudentsresponsibilitytodropacoursefornonattendance.Courseinstructors
establishpolicywithregardtoattendanceintheirrespectivesyllabiandmaydropastudentforexcessive
absences.Absencesareconsideredexcessivewhenmorethan12.5percentofthetotalcontacthours
ofinstructioninasemester,includinglectureandlab,aremissed.Forexample,inathreecredithour
lectureclass,studentsmaybedroppedaftermorethansixcontacthoursofabsences.Inafourcredit
hourlecture/labclass,studentsmaybedroppedaftermorethaneightcontacthoursofabsences.
Absencesarecountedregardlessofwhethertheyoccurconsecutively.
Inspecialprogramswithadditionalaccreditationorcertificationstandards,additionalattendance
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whostopattendingclassforanyreasonshouldcontacttheinstructorandthecollegeregistrartoofficially
withdrawfromtheclass.Studentsmayberequiredtoconsultwithanadvisorordesigneebefore
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Failuretoofficiallywithdrawmayresultinafailinggradeforthecourse.Itisthestudentsresponsibilityto
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RecordsOffice.
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2.Communication
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StudentHandbook
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