· Syllabus for MA 305, Fall 2009
· Linear Algebra
1.
Instructor: Dr. N. Jing
Office: SAS 3142
Office Hours: TH 3:00--4:00
TA Office Hours (TBA): Monday Wednesday 9-10,
Laundry Bldg
202, dan, dmmaronc@ncsu.edu
Help is also available
in the Tutorial Help Center, Math Myltimedia Center, SAS 2105
Lecture
Hours: TH, 8:30-9:30 Classroom:
RD 321
Phone
Number: 513-3584 .
2. Textbook:
Introduction
to Linear Algebra, by
Gilbert Strang,
4th ed., Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2009
3. Scheduled exams/quizzes:
There are scheduled exames and quizzes plus ad hoc quizzes during the
course.
4 scheduled hourly in-class tests:
1) H 9/10; 2) H 10/1; 3)
H 10/22; 4) H 11/19
Final exam: Tuesday, December 15, 8-11 am
4. Grading Policy:
Attendance/Quiz 5%
Tests:
60%
Final
Exam: 35%
5. Tutorial Service:
Mathematics Multimedia Center, SAS 2105, schedule
6. Topics and estimated days allocated to each topics and Homework Assignment :
2.1-2.7 Introduction, Linear equations, matrices, Gauss
Eliminations
3.1-3.6 Vector spaces and subspaces, bases, dim of 4 subspaces
5.1-5.3 Determinants (short treatment), Cramer's rule
4.1-4.6, 1.2 inner products, Orthogonality, least Squares,
Gram-Schmidt
process
6.1-6.2, 6.4-6.6 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagnolization
6.3 Application-Differential Equations
Homework Assignment:
2.1: 5,11, 19 2.2:13,19 2.3:25, 2.4: 21. 2.5: 3, 10, 23
2.6: 7, 15, 19. 2.7: 13, 16, 21, 34.
3.1: 5, 19, 20; 3.2: 2, 4, 8, 9, 22, 3.3: 3, 7, 15
3.4: 4, 6, 8, 30. 3.5: 2, 6, 20, 3.6: 3, 6, 18.
4.1: 3, 12, 14, 21; 4.2: 1, 3, 6, 11; 4.3: 1, 5, 20;
4.4: 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 21, 22
5.1: 1, 14
5.2: 2, 11, 15, 19
5.3: 6, 17, 18
6.1: 1, 6, 13, 15, 28
6.2: 1, 4, 9, 19, 33
6.3: 1, 4, 8
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