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LINEAR ALGEBRA
(MATH 2164-004, Fall 2016)

Instructor: Gábor Hetyei
Office: Fretwell 335F, Phone: 704-687-1045, E-mail: ghetyei@uncc.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:30 am, or by appointment (eventual changes will be announced in class).
Text: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 5th Edition, by David C. Lay, Steven R. Lay, and Judi J. McDonald, ISBN-13: 9780321989925.
Prerequisites: MATH 1120 or MATH 1241 with a grade of C or above or consent of the department.
Topics: Chapter 1: systems of linear equations, Gaussian elimination, vector equations, matrix equations, applications, linear transformations and their matrices (Sections 1.1-1.9).
Chapter 2: matrix operations and inverses (Sections 2.1-2.3).
Chapter 3: determinants and their properties, Cramer's rule (Sections 3.1-3.3).
Return to Chapter 2: subspaces of ℝn, dimension and rank (Sections 2.8-2.9).
Chapter 5: eigenvalues and eigenspaces (Sections 5.1-5.3).
Chapter 4: general vector spaces (Sections 4.1-4.8).
Test Dates:
Test 1 Tuesday, September 20, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Test 2 Tuesday, November 1, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Final Exam Tuesday, December 13, 11:00 am- 1:30 pm
(Double-check in the UNCC Exam schedule!)
The final exam will be cumulative. If you have a valid reason for missing one of the tests, I will use your final exam score to replace the test score.
Calculator policy: Only TI-89 calculators and below (or their equivalents) are allowed during tests and the final. You can use your calculators only to perform the four basic operations (+,-,/,*) and raising to a power. For anything else you must show your work.
Attendance: Required. Each absence reduces your total score by 1% (not to exceed 5%). Furthermore, having 8 or more absences results in an automatic course grade of F!
Homework: Some of the homework will be due online using Webwork, most will be handed in on paper. Homework due on paper will be assigned on every lecture day, and will be usually collected once every week. I will make an effort to regularly post the homework questions that are due on paper on the webpage
http://www.math.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/2164/hw.html
In case of discrepancy, what I said in class is "official". Past due assignments will be rejected.
Evaluation: Grades will be based on: 5% for attendance, 18% for the homework, 22% for each of the tests, and 33% for the final.
Tentative grading scale: 90 - 100 % A, 75 - 89% B, 60 - 74% C, 50 - 59 % D, 0 - 49% F. (This scale is applicable only if you have 7 or less absences.)
Rules of Academic Conduct:
  1. No conversations during class. People who disturb the class in any manner will be asked to leave and counted absent twice. Cell phones have to be turned off.
  2. Laptops and tablets are only allowed for note taking.
  3. Students must have proper registration to attend the class. The instructor has the right to check student IDs during classes and exams.
  4. Signing the attendance sheet and leaving early constitutes a serious academic misconduct, when discovered, the minimum penalty is being counted absent three times.
  5. For more details please refer to University Policy 407, The Code of Student Academic Integrity
Class meeting: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 am - 12:15 pm in Burson 115
Homepage: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~ghetyei/courses/2164/index.html
Disabilities: UNC Charlotte is committed to access to education. If you have a disability and need academic accommodations, please provide a letter of accommodation from Disability Services early in the semester. For more information on accommodations, contact the Office of Disability Services at 704-687-0040 or visit their office at Fretwell 230.