MATH 316U Introductory Linear Algebra Summer 2002

Instructor: Dr. Hideaki Kaneko, Professor of Mathematics

BAL 524, 683-3882 (math main office), 683-4969 (my office)

hkaneko@odu.edu

Time & Place: MW 5:45-8:55pm, BAL 102

Office Hours: MW 4:00-5:30pm (others by appointments)

Website: http://www.lions.odu.edu/~hkaneko/teaching/316-su02.htm

The website will contain general announcements, homework sets,

grades, possibly partial solution sets. Students are encouraged to check

it with some frequency.

Textbook: Linear Algebra with Applications, Second Edition,

by Otto Bretscher, Prentice Hall, 1997.

We will cover Chapters 1-4, 6, 7, and, time permitting, 5.

Course Overview: Math 316 is a three credit introductory course to the fundamentals of

linear algebra. Topics will include solutions of linear systems of

equations over the reals, matrices, vector spaces and subspaces,

dimension and bases, eigenvectors an d eigenvalues and, time

permitting, orthogonality. The lectures will be based on axioms and

theorems, however, an effort will be made to motivate the theory

using examples using realistic applications.

Prerequisite: Math 211.

Grading: There will be 3 in-class tests and a comprehensive final exam.

The course grade will have the following components:

3 in-class tests: 65%

Final exam: 35%.

Test Dates: 7/10, 7/24, 8/7

The final exam is scheduled for August 14, 5:45-8:45pm

Makeup Policy: No makeup exams, unless exceptional circumstances such as illness

requiring a physician's care can be documented.

Other important dates:

July 25- Last day to withdraw from classes with grade “W”.

August 14- Final Exam.

Other guidelines: You are encouraged to study and discuss the class material in groups.

Asking questions to your colleagues and having to answer your

colleagues' questions are very useful and effective steps in the learning

process. However, anything you turn in must be authored solely by

you, make sure you understand what you're writing on paper.

Academic dishonesty will be dealt with harshly and in accordance with

Old Dominion University's honor code.

Homework: You are responsible for the material covered in the following problems

from the book.