Fall 2014, Math 290, Elementary Linear Algebra

Course Information

• Course Coverage: This course intends to cover some basic topics of linear Algebra at the junior undergraduate level: systems of linear equations and matrices, determinants, Euclidean vector spaces, general vector spaces, and eigenvalues and eigenvalues. We tentatively plan to discuss the following chapters and sections: Sec. 1.1--Sec. 1.5 in Chapter 1, Sec. 2.1-- Sec. 2.3 in Chapter 2, Sec. 3.2-- Sec. 3.3 in Chapter 3, Sec. 4.1--Sec. 4.8 in Chapter 4, Sec. 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4 in Chapter 5.
 
• Time: M,W: 1:00 --- 1:50 PM
 
• Location: Snow Hall 156
 
• Text: Elementary Linear Algebra (10th Edition), by Howard Anton
 
• Prerequisite: Math 122 or Math 142 or equivalent.
 
• Instructor: Shuanglin Shao
 
• Office: Snow Hall 615
 
• Email: slshao@ku.edu
 
• Office Hour: M, F: 3-4 PM or by appointment.

Grade Policy

• Homework: There will be 10 homework. Each homework consists of roughly 20 problems; only 3 of them will be graded, which will be decided after you turn in homework in class. The lowest homework grade will be dropped. Please mark the following tentative due dates of homework on your calendar: HW 1. (9/10/2014); HW 2. (9/17/2014);HW 3. (9/29/2014); HW 4. (10/15/2014); HW 5. (10/27/2014); HW 6. (11/10/2014); HW 7. (11/17/2014); HW 8. (11/24/2014); HW 9 (12/08/2014). HW 10(12/10/2014). No late homework.
 
• Quizzes: There will be 5 quizzes in class. Please mark the following tentative quiz dates on your calendar: Quiz 1. (9/10/2014); Quiz 2. (9/29/2014); Quiz 3. (11/03/2014); Quiz 4. (11/12/2014); Quiz 5. (12/8/2014) No make-up quiz.
 
• Midterm: There will two midterms of 50 minutes in the usual classroom meeting time. The first midterm is tentatively scheduled on 10/8/2014; the second midterm is tentatively scheduled on 11/24/2014. If you need to take make-up midterms, please talk with the instructor one-week before the actual midterm time. In order to take the make-up midterms, you need to have a valid excuse; in most cases, a note signed by doctors suffices.
 
• Final Exam: There is a comprehensive final exam in class. The time is 10:30 AM -- 1 PM on 12/18/2014.
 
• Calculator policy TI-83/84 or similar Graphing Calculators are allowed in both exams and homework. The crib sheet of one-page is allowed in exams but only one-sided.
 
• Students with disabilities If you have a disability for which you may request accomodation in KU classes, please contact the Academic Achievement and Access Center (AAAC), Strong Hall Room 22, (Tel.) 785-864-4064, or (Email.) achieve@ku.edu. Please also see the instructor in advance and privately.
 
• Policy on religious observances All students in this course who plan to observe a religious holiday which conflicts in any way with the course schedule or requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to discuss alternative accomodations.
 
• Grade Percentage: homework (30 %) + midterm (20 %) + quizzes (10 %) + final (40 %).

Lectures

• Lecture 1 (August 25th).   Lecture 2&3 (August 27th, September 3rd).   Lecture 4 (September 8th)   Lecture 5 (September 10th)   Lecture 6&7 (September 15th and 17th)   Lecture 8 (September 22nd)   Lecture 9 (September 24th)   Lecture 10 (September 29th)   Lecture 11 (October 1st and 6th)   Lecture 12 (read)   Lecture 13 (October 15th)   Lecture 14 (October 20th)   Lecture 15 (read)   Lecture 16 (October 22nd)   Lecture 17 (October 27th and 29th)   Lecture 18 (November 3rd)   Lecture 19 (November 5th)   Lecture 20 (November 10th and 12th)   Lecture 21 (November 17th)   Lecture 22 (November 19th)   Lecture 23   Lecture 24  

Homework

• HW 1(Due in class on 9/10/2014). P9. #2. #4. #9. P10. #12. #13. P22. #2,P23. #4,#6,#7,#12,#22; P23. #30,#41. True or False Exercise on page 10 and page 25.
 
• HW 2 (Due in class on on 9/17/2014). Sec. 1.3. Ex.3 (b) (e)(h)(k). 4 (c)(f)(i)(l). 12 (a). 13(b). 16. 26; Sec. 1.4: Ex. #4, #6,#8, #14, #18 (a) (d) (e). #27, #30, #36, #40,#53,#54; and the True-False exercise on page 38 and page 50.
 
• HW 3 (Due in class on on 9/29/2014). Sec. 1.5.Ex. #3, #4,#10, #14, #28, #30, #37; Sec. 1.6:Ex. #2, #6,#9, #10, #14, #16, #18; and the True-False exercise on page 60 and page 66.
 
• HW 4 (Due in class on on 10/15/2014). Section 2.1: Ex. #4, #6, #16, #22, #33,#36. Section 2.2: #2, #6,#8,#12,#15,#20,#24,#26,#29. Section 2.3: #4, #6,#8,#10,#16,#18,#20,#24,#30. True or False Exercise on page 100, page 106, and page 116.
 
• HW 5 (Due in class on on 10/27/2014). Section 3.2: # 4, # 6, # 8, # 12, #19 (a) (c), # 20, (a) (c), # 26 (a) (b), # 27. Sec. 3.3:# 2, # 4, # 5, # 10, #14, # 28. True or false questions on page 143 and page 152.
 
• HW 6 (Due in class on on 11/10/2014). Section 4.1: Ex. #1, # 2,# 4, # 7,# 11,# 12,#18. Section 4.2: Ex. # 1, # 2, # 4, # 5, # 7, # 8, # 14, # 15. Section 4.3: Ex. # 2, # 3, # 4, # 6, # 10, # 12, # 13, # 16. True or false questions on page 179, 190 and 200.
 
• HW 7 (Due in class on on 11/17/2014). Section 4.4: #2,#4, #5, # 6, # 9, # 10, # 11, # 12. Section 4.5: # 2, # 4, # 6, # 7, # 8, # 9, # 12, # 14, # 15. True or false questions on page 208 and 217.
 
• HW 8 (Due in class on on 11/24/2014). Section 4.6: Ex. # 2, # 4, # 6, # 7, # 8, # 9, # 12, # 14, # 15. Section 4.7: Ex. # 1, # 2 (b) (d), # 3(b), # 4, # 5 (b), # 6(b)(c), # 7 (b), # 9, #10 (c). True or false questions on page 224 and 237.
 
• HW 9 (Due in class on on 12/08/2014). Section 4.8: Ex. # 1, # 2 (b) (c) (d), # 5 (a) (b). True or false questions on page 247.
   
• HW 10 (Due in class on on 12/10/2014). Section 5.1: Exercise. # 1, # 2, # 4 (a)(b), # 8 (a)(b). True or False questions on page # 304.