MTH 309 (Spring 2010): Introduction to
Linear Algebra (section G)
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-6284 ext. 126.
Office Hours: M, W 3-4pm.
Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu
Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/309/309spring10.html
Lectures: MWF 2:00-2:50pm
Room: 107 Talbert Hall.
Textbook: Lay, Linear Algebra & Its Applicaions
(3rd edition or UB customized edition, they are identical).
TA's Labs (Starting from January 20) - Section G1: M
1:00-1:50pm, 106 Talbert Hall.
- Section G2: F 1:00-1:50pm, 260 Capen Hall.
- TA
- Ross Goddard
- Math Help Center
- Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building
to answer any math questions you might have. The room opens on Monday,
January 25. See here
for
hours and more info.
Course Description - Linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, linear
mappings, inner products, eigenvalues, eigenvectors.
Text To Be Covered (Outline) - Chapter 1: 1-9. Chapter 2:
1-3, 8-9. Chapter 3:
1-2.
Chapter 4: 1-7. Chapter 5:
1-5. Chapter 6:1-4, 7.
Chapter 7: 1-2.
Lecture
schedule
Prerequisite - MTH 142 or MTH 192 or CSE 192 with grade C or higher.
- Groupwork
- There will be several 10-minute in-lecture groupwork. Everyone
must hand in his/her own solution, which counts towards the final
grade.
Homework - Homework will be assigned every Friday, except those weeks with
term tests, and will be due at the beginning of the lab section one
week later. There will be totally 11 homework assignments.
- Only
selected problems will be graded, depending on the availability of the
grader.
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Homework
Assignments
Exams
- 10-minute in-lab quizzes will be given. The quiz problems
are selected from the homework.
There will be totally 5 quizzes (see the Lecture
Schedule for time).
There will be three 50-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Friday, February 12.
Term Test 2: Friday, March 26.
Term Test 3: Monday, April 26.
Most of the term test problems are similar to
those in the homework.
No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in quizzes and term tests.
Late Policy - No late homewrok will be accepted. No make-up quizzes.
Grading Policy - The 3 lowest homework grades and the lowest quiz grade will be
dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 8 homework and
best 4 quizzes.
Your final grade will be determined by:
Groupwork: 15% Homework:
15% Quizzes: 10%
Term tests: each 20%
Disabilities - If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course
work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as recruiting note
takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please
advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review
possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.
Important Dates - Friday, Jan 22
Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, Jan 22
Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the math
department.
Friday, Mar 26 Last day to RESIGN
from
the course - an "R" appears on transcript.
Making Up Incompletes - To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:
1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an incomplete
in
your original course.
2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 244, ask for
Rosemarie Marciniak and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition form
for you.
3) Sign the petition.
4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original
instructor
for signature.
b) If your original instructor determined that the
work was to be
completed
by repeating the course, take the approved petition form to me
for signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Rm. 244 Math
Bldg. by the last day
of add/drop - Friday, January 22.
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