APPLIED LINEAR ALGEBRA I

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MAS 3105
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MAS 3105, Section 01, Fall 1999

Goal:

To introduce linear algebra and applications by reading and understanding the text

Instructor:

Dr M-G

Office:

202B Love (in which I hold office hours)

Phone:

(850 64)4 2580

Email:

Class meets:

in 107 LOV, Mondays and optionally Fridays 1:25-2:15, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15

Text:

Cullen, Linear Algebra with Applications,2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1997)

Credit:

4 semester hours

Format:

Each period, one or two sections of text and related exercises will be assigned for the following period. In class, it will always be assumed that you have both read this material and at least attempted (not necessarily completed) the exercises. Typically, a few minutes will be spent on recalling key results and placing them in perspective, a few minutes on resolving difficulties that arise from the text itself, and the rest of the time (which is most of it) on solving problems interactively to facilitate comprehension of the material

Prerequisites:

(i)	C- or better in MAC 2312 and
(ii)	self-motivation and industriousness. Dr M-G's philosophy of learning is perhaps best expressed by the following diagram:

Grades:

Will be based on four tests (18% each) and a project (28%), except that you must get at least C (c. 70%) on the tests alone for a C or better overall. In borderline cases, a smaller number of completely correct solutions will carry more weight than a proportionate number of fragmentary answers, and later test scores will carry more weight than earlier test scores. Partial credit is awarded only when part of a solution is completely correct (not when all of a solution is partially correct, whatever that means, if anything). The project will be set in mid-November and is due on the last day of classes

Quizzes:

May be set at any time (but will not count towards your grade)

Exam policy:

No makeup exams. An absence may be excused given sufficient evidence of extenuating circumstances (in which case, extra weight will be attached to the other exams)

Etiquette:

You are firmly bound by Florida State University's Academic Honor Code (briefly, you have the responsibility to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in your own work, to refuse to tolerate violations of academic integrity in the University community, and to foster a high sense of integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University community)

Test dates:

Tuesday, September 21
Tuesday, October 19
Tuesday, November 16
Tuesday, December 7

How to study:

I recommend that you form a homework study group with others in the class. But meet only after each of you individually has attempted the homework. If you get stuck then consider using my Homework Helpline, for which you will almost certainly need the special HTML codes for mathematical symbols. If you do use my Helpline, please check first that your question hasn't already been asked (and possibly answered). Submit it on the appropriate form. Make sure you type MAS 3105 into the course field. Check back later for an answer. And give me plenty of time—I have a life, too, you know

Computer accounts:

Register for an account with the Mathematics Department's Undergraduate Computing Laboratory (affectionately known as Ulab). Hours will be announced during Week 2 or 3

Disabilities:

If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations, then not only should you register with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), but also you should bring me written confirmation from SDRC during the first week of class.

August 30 homework:

Before class on August 31:

READ

Sections 1.1-1.2 (pp. 1-20)

ATTEMPT

Exercises 1.2 (pp. 21-23): As many as possible of the odd-numbered exercises