The main source will be Xeroxed notes based on the lectures.
Supplementing these are:
Required:
Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of
Linear Algebra
by Seymour Lipschutz.
There will be tests covering undergraduate linear algebra
based on assigned reading out of this text.
Optional:
Linear Algebra
by Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze.
This is a standard (and readable) graduate level reference
for the subject and is worth having for that reason.
However it is not cheap (listing for $75.00
at Amazon.com)
and one should be able to do fine in the course without it.
Tests and Grading:
Homework:
Homework will be assigned and
collected on a regular basis. Grades on homework are at least as
important as grades on tests and the final.
Tests:
There will be two midterms and a final. The dates are
Test 1
Monday, September 27
Test 2
Wednesday, November 17
Final
Wednesday, December 8 - 5:30 p.m.
The first test will be graded and handed back before Thursday,
September 30 which is last day to withdraw without a grade of "WF"
being recorded.
Quizzes on undergraduate material:
It is assumed that persons taking this class have
had an undergraduate class in linear algebra and/or matrix theory.
There will be short in class quizzes on this undergraduate material on
the following dates:
Quiz 1
Wednesday, September 1
Quiz 2
Wednesday, September 15
Quiz 3
Wednesday, September 29
These quizzes will cover roughly the material in Chapters 1-4 of
Schaum's Outline. A outline of the material to be covered will
be distributed before hand. If the need arises there will me more
than three quizzes on this material.
Optional Extra Class Meetings:
For the first several weeks of the term there will be extra class
meetings on Friday at 4:00p.m. for students that feel they need help
reviewing the undergraduate material that will be covered on the
quizzes. Attendance to these extra classes is entirely optional.
