Room Change: The class meets in in SR 131
Important Notice: There will be classes Friday, June 4 and Friday, June 11
Math 4377, Sect. 05799, Advanced Linear Algebra, 12-2 PM, MTWTH, SR 131
Text: Linear Algebra second edition, Kenneth Hoffmann, Ray Kunze, Prentice-Hall
Syllabus: First four Chapters of the book. (1. Fields and Linear Equations 2. Vector Spaces over fields, subspaces, bases and dimension, 3. Linear Transformations and Matrix Representations 4. Polynomials, ideals and prime factorization)
Grading: There will be three Tests and the Final. I will take the two highest test scores (60%) and the mandatory final (40%).
Office Hours: TTH 3-4 pm. But you can always e-mail your questions to
klaus@math.uh.edu
Please, use only this e-mail.
TA: Lakshmi Suresh (sarithas@math.uh.edu), Room PGH 619
For all tests, you need to bring a blue book and picture ID!
Homework:
Chapter 1
1.2: 5,7,8 1.3: 1,3,7 1.4: 1,2,4,7,9 1.5: 6 1.6: 3,7,10
Chapter 2:
2.1: 4,7 2.2: 2,4,8,9 2.3: 4,9,12,14 2.4: 3,7 2.6: 3
Chapter 3:
3.1:1,2,3,4,6,7,9,10,13 3.2:1,2,6,11,13 3.4:
1,2,3,4
Chapter 4:
4.2: 6,7 4.3: 1,6 4.4 2,3,6 4.5: 5,6,7,8