Helena Verrill
Office: Room 401 Jeffery Hall
Office Telephone: 545 2417
Email: helena@mast.queensu.ca
The following is required:
The following is recommended:
We will be covering the core topics 1 to 20 listed on page x of the text book.
I won't generally give out handouts, but you will be able to get the notes that I'll be teaching from from reserves, third floor of Straufer library. (The notes for the later lectures are not yet in complete form). I shall also put copies of the overheads I teach from on reserve. Currently the first two sets of overheads are available on reserve.
You can also find the notes from my web page at http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~helena/linalg/linalg.html
Due in on Tuesdays; questions will be posted on the web pages. So far I've not had time to post solutions on the web pages, but they will be available on reserve at the third floor, straufer library.
There will be a short quiz each Thursday.
There will be tutorials:
Times:
Place: Jeffery Hall, 116
TA: Tai Ha
In the tutorial you can ask about the homework and assignment, and work throught the homework problems suggested.
The following is how I'm thinking of grading.
Once a week, due in Tuesday. There will be six homeworks, the lowest mark will not be included in final grading.
20% of final mark will come from homework.
Once a week on Thursday, there will be a short quiz, (15 minutes.) directly based on the homework.
30% of final mark will come from Quizzes.
Presentation/Project
There's not enough time for us to look in detail at the applications of linear algebra, but applications are important, so I would like small groups (or individually), say max 6 or 7 students in each group, to study one particular application, write up about it, and give a 15 or 20 minute presentation on this topic at the end of the course. I will give out possible topics around the middle of the course, when we've briefly seen some applications. (You could also choose your own, eg, something relevant to the way you want to apply linear algebra.) (You can base your project on one of the application topics in the book, from one of the sections: 2.7, 3.7, 3.8, 4.3, 5.8, 5.9, 6.6, etc. I will also mention some other ideas in class.) You'll have four weeks to work on it, which should be plenty of time. I have started a project page which will give a comprehensive idea of what you'll be expected to include to get full marks. (Note, that page is still under construction - will be finished as soon as possible). The project is due in on the 25th of June.
20% of final mark.
The exam will be on the 19th of June, on the third floor of Ellis Hall.
The exam will be very similar to the Quizzes and Homeworks.
Will count towards 30% of final mark.
Calculators will be allowed.
Near the beginning of the course I will explain the basics of MatLab to you so you can use it for homeworks. It's not compulsory to use the computer, but it's useful to know about. There are several other possible computer programs you can use, eg, Maple, or Matrix pad, also available in Jeff 201. In the study guide there are instructions for how to use MatLab.
The final exam is now on line here.
The solutions to the final exam will be available here soon.
The final marks will be avialable on line here.
I hope the exam was fair, and that everyone will be happy with their final mark. Please let me know if you have any comments about the course as a whole, or the exam or anything about the grading.
Please send corrections, suggestions, questions, and any other comments, and ideas about linear algebra, to me.
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