Instructor:

Vadim V. Yakovlev

Office:

301 Olin Hall

Phone:

x 5495

E-mail:

vadim@wpi.edu

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Class Hours & Room	10:00 am @ SH203	10:00 am @ SH203	-	10:00 am @ SH106 (June 7 - July 1) & @ SH203 (July 6 - July 23)	10:00 am @ SH106 (June 7 - July 1) & @ SH203 (July 6 - July 23)
Office Hours *)	11:00-11:50 am	3:30-4:20 pm	-	1:30-2:20 pm	11:00-11:50 am

Kolman, B., Introductory Linear Algebra with Applications, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997.

http://www.wpi.edu/~vadim/LA_I/E99_Info.html

• Linear Equations and Matrices
• Determinants
• Vectors in R² and n-Space
• Real Vector Spaces
• Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
• Linear Transformations and Matrices
• Applications

4 lecture meetings a week
Daily homework assignments
Weekly Quiz
Weekly Mini Project
Weekly Maple Exercise
Comprehensive Final Exam

The 100% course grade is based on:

Weekly Quizzes (30%, 6 times, 5% each),
Mini Projects (30%, 5 Projects, 6% each),
Maple Exercises (15%, 5 Exercises, 3% each),
Final Exam (25%).

Point ranges derived to percents for grades are given by:

Percentage	90.00	80.00 - 89.99	70.00 - 79.99	69.99
Grade	A	B	C	NR

Practice problems are given for each topic covered. Unless otherwise is announced, a set of problems associated with the class discussion is assigned in the lecture meetings. You may find the list of the recommended problems in Homework Assignments section of the course web site.

Homework problems are not handed in, so each student should take a personal responsibility for doing sufficient study and practice.

On Fridays, there will be 20 min quizzes composed from the homework problems. It is possible to use your notes when having the quiz.

Though this is a distinctive feature in each course topic, the projects are fairly short and not very involved. They look like lengthy exercises, and their main purpose is to emphasize a particular application of linear algebra stuffness.

The projects are carried out as mostly indepedent studies. Only minimal basics on the relevant subjects are provided in classes and the web project descriptions, so to complete the work additional reading and practicing should be undertaken. The course text (Chapter 8) is the major source of required information.

The project descriptions and tasks can be found on Projects page of the course web site.

There are 5 projects, and they are done at the student's discretion either purely analytically, or with the use of some computer algebra system. (The use of Maple is allowed and even recommended, but not required.) The printed copies are usually due on Mondays (see details below in Schedule of Events), and each will be worth 30 points.

In the course, there are also 5 special assignments to be done with the use of Maple. They will be focused on how few conceptual topics of the course can be illustrated and explored by Maple basic linear algebra commands.

The tasks along with brief descriptions of appropriate Maple commands can be found on Maple Exercises page of the course web site.

The printed reports on these assignments are usually due Fridays (see details below in Schedule of Events). Each one will be evaluated of 15 points.

The Final is a comprehensive exam covering the topics of the entire course. It will take 2 hours; the exact place and time will be specified prior the Final.

It is an open book & open notes events, and the use of calculators is allowed. However, make sure that all work is shown on paper.

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No make up of the Final and late paper submissions will be accepted unless it is caused by a legitimate reason (an illness or other unavoidable emergency) which can be documented.

There will be opportunities to earn bonus points during this course. Each quiz and the final contains a bonus problem. Also, your outstanding Projects and Maple Exercises can be awarded by bonus points at the instructor's discretion.

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