I plan to cover most of the text. In particular, I will cover linear equations, abstract vector spaces, linear transformations, polynomials, determinants, Jordan canonical form and inner product spaces. See the table of contents in the textbook for a more detailed list of topics.
There will be two midterms held in class on dates which will be tentatively as follows.
| Midterm 1 | October 14. |
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| Midterm 2 | November 18. |
If you miss an exam due to illness or other unavoidable circumstances, I will either give you a makeup exam or replace the missed exam grade with the unmissed exam. Which one I do depends on how many people miss the exam.
Course grades will be computed as follows.
| Homework | 20% |
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| Midterms | 40% |
| Final | 40% |
Homework will be assigned weekly and due on Wednesday's. It will be assigned on the homework web page linked here and at the top of this syllabus web page. Late homework will not be accepted but the lowest two homework grades will be dropped.
I will post Homework and Midterm Grades as well as solutions to selected problems on Canvas.
I want every student to feel free to questions in class. Without student questions, even ones that might sometimes seem silly, lectures can become very dry and monotonous. So questions and comments are more than welcome!
On the other hand, please be courteous to other students by paying attention to the lecture and not carrying on conversations with each other. These kind of private conversations can be distracting both to me and everyone else.
Please make sure that your cell phone does not ring during the lecture, and please do not use headphones. Please do not use laptops for anything not related to the class, and, if you do bring a laptop, please sit in the back so that your screen is not distracting to others.