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3D"Mercer  Liberal Arts Division   =20 3D"Prof.

MAT = 208 Linear Algebra            &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;    TENTATIVE=20 COURSE OUTLINE

Catalog=20 Description:=20 An = elementary=20 introduction to linear algebra topics including linear equations and = matrices,=20 determinants, independence and basis, vector spaces and subspaces, four=20 fundamental subspaces, orthogonality, linear = transformations and eigenvalues and=20 eigenvectors. = Applications of=20 linear algebra are included.

Prerequisites:        =20 MAT151 with minimum C grade

Required=20 Materials:=20

Text: Introduction to Linear = Algebra

         &= nbsp; =20 by Gilbert Strang, 3rd = ed

           =20 Wellesley-Cambridge Press

A=20 graphing calculator is required. =20

TI=20 =96 83/84/86 is=20 strongly recommended =

Instructor=20 Contact Info:=20 =93e-mail is preferred, do not rely on the=20 phone!=94

E-mail:=20 mailto:porterr@mccc.ecu  =

Office:=20 LA=20 117  =

Office=20 TR=20 7:30-8AM

Hours:MW=20 12-1:20,3:15-4:00PM

Web=20 Page:=20    http://www.mccc.edu/~porterr

Phone:570-3826

Grading:=20 =93No=20 make-up exams!=20 The Final will used to calculate grades for valid=20 excuses.=94

Graded=20 Assignements

15%

Testing=20 Center Test 1

10%

In-Class=20 Midterm

15%

Test=20 3

10%

Project

10%

In-Class=20 Final**

40%

Total

100%

**Must=20 Receive a 50% on Final to pass course!**

 

93%-100%........A=20

90%-92%..........A-

87%-89%..........B+      = A curve=20 may be applied

83%-86%..........B       =20 to low exam grades, but

80%-83%..........B-       = not=20 to high exams.

77%-79%..........C+

70%-76%..........C

60%-69.5%.......D

<59.5%.............F

Topics:

 

 

 

 

 

1

1/23

1.1,1.2

Vectors,=20 Lengths, Dot Products

 

2

1/28

2.1,2.2

Vectors, Linear=20 Equations, Elimination

 

3

1/30

2.3,2.4

Rules = for=20 Matrices

 

4

2/4

5.1

Properties of=20 Determinants

 

5

2/6

2.5,2.6

Inverse=20 Matrices, Factorization

 

6

2/11

2.6,2.7

Transposes,=20 Permutations

 

7

2/13

Review

 

 

8

2/18

3.1

Spaces = of=20 Vectors

 

9

2/20

3.2

Nullspace of=20 A

 

10

2/25

3.3,3.4

Rank, = Row=20 Reduced Form

 

11

2/27

3.5,3.6

Independence,=20 Basis. Dimension

 

12

3/3

4.1

Orthogonality of=20 Subspaces

 

13

3/5=20

4.2,4.3

Projections,=20 Least Squares Approx.

 

14

3/10

4.3,4.4

Orthogonal=20 Basis, Gram-Schmidt

 

15

3/12

Review

 

 

16

3/24

Midterm

 

 

17

3/26

5.3

Cramer=92s Rule,=20 Inverses, Volumes

 

18

3/31

6.1

Intro = to Eigenvalues

 

19

4/2

6.2

Diagonalizing a=20 Matrix

 

20

4/7

7.1,7.2

Linear = Transformations

 

21

4/9

7.1,7.2

Matrix = of a=20 Linear Transformation

 

22

4/14

7.3

Change = of=20 Basis

 

23

4/16

Catchup

 

 

24

4/21

6.7

Singular Value=20 Decomposition

 

25

4/23

6.7

More=20 SVD

 

26

4/28

7.4

Diagonalization, = Pseudoinverse

 

27

4/30

7.4

More=20 7.4

 

28

5/5

Review

 

 

29

5/7

Review

 

 

30

5/12

 

FINAL=20 Review

 

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Please=20 show ALL your own work for full credit- even when using a=20 calculator.