COURSE:   Matrices and matrix calculations,    M340L #57005,    Spring 2009
------
TEXT:     D.C. Lay,  "Linear Algebra and its Applications",   third edition
----
SYLLABUS:   Ch.1:   Linear Equations                               (4 days)
--------    Ch.2,3: Matrix Algebra, Determinants                   (3 days)
            Ch.4:   Vector Spaces                                  (6 day )
            Ch.5:   Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors                   (5 days)
            Ch.6:   Orthogonality                                  (6 days)
            Ch.7:   Symmetric Matrices, Quadratic Forms            (3 days)

INSTRUCTOR: H. Koch, Office Hours TTh 2:30-4:00, RLM 12.152, Tel: 471-8183,
----------  Email: koch@math.utexas.edu, Web: www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/

GRADING:  Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) will be given for each     | 90 -100  A
-------  exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will be     | 80 - 89  B
     kept for averaging. The course grade will be obtained     | 70 - 79  C
     by averaging the scores of the four exams, and of the     | 60 - 69  D
     homework.  Each  student may replace the grade of any     |  0 - 59  F
     ONE exam by the grade of one of the later exams.

HOMEWORK     will be assigned every Tuesday and collected one week later in
--------     class.  Each assignment is graded  on a scale from zero to 30.
     The sum/3 of the ten highest scores contributes 6% to the class grade.

EXAMS: There will be four seventy-minutes,    |  Homework                6%
-----  cumulative (approx 80% new and 20%     |  Exam 1  ( Th Feb 12 )  22%
     old topics) exams. Speed is a factor     |  Exam 2  ( Th Mar 12 )  23%
     being tested. Books, calculators, or     |  Exam 3  ( Tu Apr 14 )  24%
     notes are not allowed.  FINAL ----->     |  Exam 4  ( Sa May 16 )  25%