Mathematics
110
Fall, 2008
Tu Th 3:40-5 PM, 6 Evans Hall
- Course control number 54739
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Current
Enrollment information
Matrices, vector spaces, linear transformations, inner products,
determinants. Eigenvectors. QR factorization. Quadratic forms and
Rayleigh's principle. Jordan canonical form, applications. Linear
functionals.
Exams
Our final exam group is the last one during
exam period. Sign up for
another
Math 110 section
if you need to get out of town
early.
- First midterm exam: September 25, 2008 in class.
- Last midterm exam: October 30, 2008 in class.
- Final exam: Saturday, December 20, 2008 12:30-3:30PM
I have taught Math 110 three times before, once as an honors
course and twice as a non-honors course in a large auditorium.
See my Fall, 2002
page and my Spring, 2005 page for the non-honors courses
and my Fall, 2003
page for the honors course.
Each page has links to problems and solutions for
the exams in the course.
The non-honors midterms exams were 80-minute exams, just as ours will
be.
Textbook
To be announced. The most
salient
candidates are the usual ones: Axler's
Linear
Algebra Done Right and
Linear Algebra
by Friedberg, Insel and Spence.
Feel free to lobby me if you have strong feelings about this choice.
(Talk to your friends who have taken 110 already and ask them how they
liked their textbook.)
The second book is three times the price of the first!
Grading
Grades
in this course will be based on a composite
grade that includes the three exams and your homework scores.
Homework
Homework assignments will appear here.
Online discussion
Please register for google groups and join the
group Math
110.
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