Linear Algebra
Math 215 - Section 02 - Fall 1999
- Instructor:
Dr. Joceline Lega
- Office: Mathematics 511
- Phone: 621-4350
- e-mail:
lega@math.arizona.edu
- Location:
- MTL 124
- Time:
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:00 - 12:50
am
- Office Hours:
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Mondays 10-10:50 am (in the tutoring room - Math Teaching Lab, Room 123)
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Thursdays 3-4 pm (in my office)
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Fridays 2-3 pm (in my office)
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or by appointment.
- Interactive Office Hours: To see messages posted to the Math
215-02 mailing list, click on "see postings" below. To subscribe to the
mailing list, click on "subscribe".
- Text:
Linear Algebra and its Applications, Second Edition by
David Lay, published by Addison-Wesley.
- Handouts:
- Tests:
There will be three tests and a final exam. Each test will
be announced in class one week in advance. The tests are tentatively
scheduled for Wednesday, Sep. 15; Friday, Oct. 15; and Wednesday, Nov.
10. The University has scheduled the final
exam for Friday, December 10 from 11am to 1pm. Each test will be
worth 100 points and the final exam worth 200 points.
- Test #1:
Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Review problems: # 1.a to 1.o page 95; # 3, 4, 6.a&b page 95; # 10
page 96.
- Test #2:
Friday, October 15, 1999
Review problems: # 1.a to 1.h, 1.j, 1.n, 1.o page 292; # 8 page 96;
# 8 page 293.
- Test #3:
Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Review problems: # 1.i to 1.m page 292; # 2 page 293;
# 5 page 293; # 1 p. 177; # 4 page 177.
- Final Exam:
Friday, December 10, 1999
Review problems: # 1, 4, 6 page 206; # 14 p. 207; # 1(p-q) page 292;
# 9 page 293; # 1 page 364; # 10 page 365; # 11 and 12 page 365 (for these
two problems, also find the Jordan form of the given matrix).
- Homework:
Doing the homework well and on a regular basis is
critical in this course. This point cannot be overemphasized.
Homework will be assigned regularly. Selected homework will be graded and
a final score equivalent to one test, 100 points, will be assigned.
Click here to see homework assignments
- Attendance:
Students are expected to attend every scheduled class,
and to be familiar with the University Class Attendance policy as it
appears in the General Catalog. It is the student's responsability to
keep informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments or policy
changes made during scheduled classes.
- Grades:
The total number of points available on tests and homework
is 600. Grades will be no lower than those set forth in the following
table:
| 540 < points | 90% to 100% | A |
| 480 < points < 539 | 80% to 90% | B |
| 420 < points < 479 | 70% to 80% | C |
| 360 < points < 419 | 60% to 70% | D |
| points < 359 | 0% to 60% | E |
The grade of I will be awarded if all the following conditions are
met:
- The student has completed all but a small portion of the required
work.
- The student has scored at least 50% on the work completed.
- The student has a valid reason for not completing the course on time.
- The student agrees to make up the material in a short period of time.
- The student asks for the incomplete before grades are due, 48
hours after the final exam.
- Course Calendar:
| Date | Section | |
Date | Section |
|---|
| August 23 | 1.1 | |
August 30 | 1.3 & 1.4 |
| August 25 | 1.1 & 1.2 | |
September 1 | 1.5 |
| August 27 | 1.2 & 1.3 | |
September 3 | 1.6 |
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| September 6 | Labor Day | |
September 13 | 4.1 |
| September 8 | Computer programs | |
September 15 | Test # 1 |
| September 10 | Review for Test #1 | |
September 17 | 4.2 |
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| September 20 | 4.2 & 1.7 | |
September 27 | 4.4 |
| September 22 | 4.3 | |
September 29 | 4.4 |
| September 24 | 4.3 | |
October 1 | 4.4 & 4.5 |
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| October 4 | 4.5 | |
October 11 | 1.9 |
| October 6 | 4.5 & 1.8 | |
October 13 | Review for Test # 2 |
| October 8 | 1.8 | |
October 15 | Test # 2 |
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| October 18 | 2.1 | |
October 25 | 2.3 |
| October 20 | 2.1 | |
October 27 | 2.4 |
| October 22 | 2.2 | |
October 29 | 2.5 |
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| November 1 | 3.1 | |
November 8 | Review for test # 3 |
| November 3 | 3.2 | |
November 10 | Test # 3 |
| November 5 | 3.3 | |
November 12 | 5.1 |
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| November 15 | 5.1 | |
November 22 | 5.4 |
| November 17 | 5.2 & 5.3 | |
November 24 | 5.4 |
| November 19 | 5.3 | |
November 26 | Thanksgiving |
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| November 29 | Homework problems & 6.1 | |
December 6 | Projects |
| December 1 | 6.1 | |
December 8 | Projects |
| December 3 | Review | |
December 10 | Final Exam |
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