MTH 253    Summer 2005

 

Teacher:                    Thomas P. Svobodny

                                 241 MM  775-2379

 

Office Hours:              1000-1020 MTWR, 1200-1300 M W

                                  You don't need an appointment to see me during                                   office hours; but it is safer to make an appointment if you want to see me at other times.

   

Math Dept Office:       120MM 775 2785

 

Text:                   Linear Algebra and its Applications (3rd), by Lay

 

Webpage: http://www.math.wright.edu/MS/AppliedMath/Mth253CIS.html

 

Evaluation:                   Quizzes                                     50%

                                    Final Exam                                  35%

                                    Homework and Labs                  15%

 

                  No make-up exams will be given. Anyone who scores 100% on the final will receive an A for the course, regardless of grade to that point.

 

Course Content: Linear systems of equations; Modeling with linear systems; solving systems; matrix algebra; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; orthogonal transformations; applications (computer graphics, volume, dynamical systems, least-squares)

 

To do well in this course:      Don't read the book without a pencil and paper on hand. Do all of the labs. Do all of the problems on the homework (without using the book).  Do more problems than are on the homework.  Find sources of extra problems. Ask questions in class. Make a list of questions before coming to class. If your questions are not answered in class, come to my office hours. Don't hesitate to approach me about something you do not understand. If you did very well in your previous  courses, you should expect to spend about 10 hours a week doing problems outside of class; if you did not do so well, you will need to spend much more time doing problems (without consulting the book).