Graduate Linear Algebra, Spring 2008

TR, 9:30 – 10:45 AM, Walker 210

Instructor: Dr. Rick Klima

Office: Walker 323

Office Phone: 262-2378

Office Hours: MW from 10:00 – 11:00 AM in Walker 323

MTWR from 2:00 – 3:00 PM in Walker 323

F from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in Walker 310 (!)

Email Address: klimare@appstate.edu

Web Page: http://www.appstate.edu/~klimare

Text: Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra, by Carl Meyer (bring to each class meeting)

Objectives:

This course is intended to be an advanced study of the concepts, techniques, and applications of linear algebra, including linear systems, matrices, canonical forms, vector spaces, linear transformations, inner-product spaces, determinants, and eigenvalues.

Prerequisite:

The prerequisite for this course is an undergraduate course in either linear algebra or modern algebra. If you have not previously completed an undergraduate course in either linear algebra or modern algebra, please inform me of this after our first class meeting.

Course Information:

Homework: At the end of each class meeting, some homework exercises will be assigned. Solutions to these exercises will never be graded, but they will be collected and reviewed whenever a test is given over the same section. If you are ever absent from class, you will find the homework assigned that day posted on my web page shortly after the class ends.

Tests: Tests will be given during our regular class meetings on February 7, March 6, and April 15. The first test will cover all course material that was presented from Chapters 1-3, the second test will cover all course material that was presented from Chapter 4, and the third test will cover all course material that was presented from Chapters 5-6.

Final Exam: A final exam will be given on May 5 from 12:00 – 2:30 PM in our usual classroom. This exam will cover all material presented in this course, including some material from Chapter 7 that will be presented after the third test. This final exam will be designed similarly to (but will not be identical to) the comprehensive exam that will be available for you to take in partial fulfillment of the requirements for your M.A. degree.

Grading: The three tests and the final exam will each count as 25% of your final grade.