Math 4377, Advanced Linear Algebra I, TuTh
11:30am-1:00pm CBB 108
Office Hours: PGH 60, MW 2-3
Phone: 713-743-3462 But you can always e-mail your questions to
klaus@math.uh.edu
Please, use only this e-mail.
Teaching Assistant:
Jielin Xu email: jielin@math.uh.edu, Casa Hours: Tuesday 9:00-11:00am.
Victoria Muravina
email: muravina@math.uh.edu , Casa Hours: MW 2:30-4:30pm
Office Hours: PBA
Text: Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence
Syllabus: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4 (4.1-4.4),
Chapter 5 (5.1—5.2).
Course Description: The general theory of Vector Spaces and Linear
Transformations will be developed in an axiomatic fashion. Determinants will be
covered to study eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonalization.
Grading: There will be three Tests and the Final. I will take the two highest test scores (50%) and the mandatory final (30%). Homework counts for 20%.
Homework:
1.1: 1,3,6,7
1.2: 1,2,3,4,5,10,12,13,16,20,21 due Tuesday, February
4
1.3: 1,2,8,10,11,12,21,24 due Thursday, February
13
1.4: 1,2,9,10,12,13,14 due Thursday,
February 13
1.5: 1,4,5,13,14,15,17,18,20, due Tuesday,
February 25
1.6: 1,2,4,5,9,10,11,12, 13,24 due Thursday ,
February 25
First Test: Thursday February 27
For
all tests, you need to bring a
blue book and picture ID
2.1: 1,9,11,14,16,21 due Tuesday,
March 25
2.2:1,2,8,9,10 due Tuesday,
March 25
2.3: 2,9,11,12, 16* (16 this is a difficult one; I took out problem 1
because it is mainly on notation)
Due Tuesday, April 1
2.4:1;2 (a),(b),(c);3,7
Due Tuesday, April 1
Synopsis of the material on Matrices, Linear maps,
Linear Equations and Inverses
Second Test: April 8, 2014
For
all tests, you need to bring a
blue book and picture ID
3.1:1,2,3
3.2: 1,2,5(a)-(d),8
3.3:1,2(a)-(d),3a-d
3.4:1,3,14
Due Tuesday, April 22
Third Test:
TBA
For
all tests, you need to bring a
blue book and picture ID
4.1:1,2,5,6,7,8
4.2: 1,2,3,4,25,26,28,29
4.3: 1,2,3,10,11
Final: Tuesday, May 6, 11am-2pm
Tired of still not being able to type math on your new and fancy PC? I
recommend Scientific Notebook (SNB) for your home work and for
writing notes of the course. This program is available for $99
through MacKichan Software at
http://www.mackichan.com/
Unlike ordinary word processors, documents are saved in LaTeX. But the program
is as easy to use as MS Word and for SNB, you don't have to know any TeX.
In addition of being a scientific text processor, the program can also
compute or graph your mathematical expressions. This feature is especially
useful for Linear Algebra. SNB comes with complete printed
documentation.