Professor Alan Frieze                                                                       
Department of Mathematical Sciences                                                    
Carnegie Mellon University                                                                    
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
Offices: Wean Hall 7202
Fax:  412-268-6380
Email: alan@random.math.cmu.edu

Office hours : MW 9.30--10.00 and TuTh 11.00--12.00..

• Textbook: David Lay, Linear Algebra, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2003


• Description of the Course : This course covers the basic contents of matrix algebra and its application in many interesting fields. The main goal of this course is to help the students master the basic concepts and skills they will use later in their career. Thus, our goal is not only to achieve a fluency in algorithmic aspects of calculus, i.e., manipulative skills, calculation and application of derivatives and integrals, but also to understand precise statements and proofs of the properties of derivatives and integrals that support the calculations and applications.


• Prerequisites: It is highly recommended that students have taken a prior calculus course covering basic manipulation, calculation and applications of derivatives and integrals.


• Course Contents :
We will cover most of the material in the textbook.

• Homework :
Homework exercises will be assigned every Monday, and will be due Monday of the following week. Homework is an essential component of the learning process. Working through the exercises will help you to learn the work, and your graded homework will give you some feedback on your progress. You are strongly advised to attempt all of the homework problems as well as some additional problems of your own choice.
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  Grading Policy:

45%- average of 3 one-hour tests in class

35%- final exam

20% - homework

You will receive a letter grade at midsemester, based on the first two tests and homework, and a letter grade at the end of the course, but individual tests are not assigned letter grades. The tests will be closed book and notes without calculators. The letter grades are computed as follows, A: 85 - 100 B: 75 - 85 C: 60 - 75 D: 50 - 60.

Make-up tests will be given only in the case of a documented medical excuse, a university-sanctioned absence (e.g., participation in a varsity sporting event), or a family emergency. Please see me at the earliest time possible to schedule a make-up. Make-up exams may be oral.
No collaboration is permitted on the tests.
On homework, collaboration is permitted subject to the following:
you may discuss homework problems with fellow students and with instructors in order to get help on various parts of a problem, but you may not simply copy someone else's solution;

• Exams Schedule:

Test 1: Monday, September 30, 2002

Test 2: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 

Test 3: Monday, November 18, 2002.

• Tentative Course Schedule:

 

Week 1(8/27):  1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Week 2(9/2):  1.4, 1.5

Week 3(9/9): 1.6, 1.7, 1.8,1.9

Week 4(9/16): 1.10, 2.1

Week 5(9/23):  2.2,  2.3, Review

Week 6(9/30): Test 1, 2.5, 2.4

Week 7(10/7):  2.6, 2.8

Week 8(10/14):  , 2.9, 3.1,3.2

Week 9(10/21):  Review, Test 2,  5.1

Week 10(10/28) : 5.2, 5.3, 5.6

Week 11(11/4):  6.1, 6.2,6.3

Week 12(11/11) :  6.4,6.5,Review

Week 13(11/18) : Test 3

Week 14(11/25) :

Week 15(12/2):

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