MATH 316 Introductory Linear Algebra Fall 2001

Instructor: Dr. Hideaki Kaneko, Professor of Mathematics

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

hkaneko@odu.edu

Time & Place: MWF 11:00-11:50am, BAL 107

Office Hours: MWF 10:00-10:50am, 12:00-12:50pm (or by appointments)

Website: http://www.lions.odu.edu/~hkaneko/teaching/316-01.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 and

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. Quizzes will be given at the discretion of the

instructor. The course grade will have the following components:

Quizzes (droplowest score): 20%

3 in-class tests: 50%

Final exam: 30%.

Test Dates: Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16., in-class.

The final exam is scheduled for December 15th from 8:30-11:30am.

Makeup Policy: No makeup exams, unless exceptional circumstances

such as illness requiring a physician's care can be

documented. Absolutely no makeup quizzes, lowest quiz-score will be

dropped.

Other important dates:

Monday, September 3- Labor Day (no class)

Tuesday, October 23 - Last day to withdraw from classes

Wed. Nov.21, Fri. Nov.23 –Thanksgiving holiday (no classes)

Friday, December 7 - Last class

Saturday, December 15 –Final Exam 8:30-11:30am

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. Some quizzes will be based on a

subset of these homework problems.