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Posted on 5/11: Follow this link for information about the Final.

Posted on 5/8: Office Hours: Monday 5/11, 1-2:30 and Friday 5/15, 1-2:30, both at the 11th floor classroom in RLM.

Posted on 5/7: Here are notes on Linear Transformations. See suggested exercises under Additional Problems at the Homework Assignments page.

Posted on 5/5: Here are solutions to Test 3.

Posted on 5/5: Please find a list of problems for 4.7 under Additional Problems at the Homework Assignments page.

Posted on 5/1: Homework #12 is ready at the Homework Assignments page.

Posted 2/2: Here is a link to The Math Club.

Lecturer

Course

Prerequisite: M408D with a grade of at least C.

Text: S. Andrilli & D. Hecker: Elementary Linear Algebra, Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, 2003.

Syllabus: Chapters 1-5 and 6.1.

Homework: Homework assignments are posted on this website on a weekly basis and are due at the indicated dates AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. Selected problems will be graded and grades will be posted on UT Direct's e-gradebook. No late homework will be accepted. However, the two lowest homework grades of each student will be dropped.

Student Presentations: Occasionally, students will present their homework to the rest of the class.

Tests: There will be three 50 min, in-class tests and a Final comprehensive exam on the following dates:

• Test 1: Friday February 27
• Test 2: Friday April 3
• Test 3: Friday May 1
• Final:
  • 57035 (11am class): Monday       May 18, 9-12.
  • 57045 (12pm class): Wednesday May 13, 2-5.

Course Grade: The course grade will be computed according to the following:

• 10%: homework (we drop your two lowest grades before averaging)
  30%: your best test grade
  30%: your second best test grade
  30%: final
• An "A" will correspond to a number grade of at least 90; a "B", same with 80; a "C", same with 70; a "D", same with 60.

Students with Disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY.

Make-up Policy: There are no make-up homeworks, as the two lowest grades of each student are dropped when computing the final homework grade. There are no make-up tests, as the lowest test grade of each student is dropped when computing the course grade.

Drop Dates: Go to the Academic Calendar page for precise information on dropping a course.
Important dates:
  2/4: last day to drop for a possible refund;
2/16: last day to drop without a possible academic penalty;
3/30: last day to drop (with Dean's approval).