The Final Exam for this class toook place onFriday, May 3, 11 am - 2 pm, in AH 106(the usual classroom). The average score was 102.67, the highest score was 187, the lowest was 14, and the standard deviation of the scores was 42.87. This is the grading scale:
A |
157-200 | B- |
114-124 | D+ |
71-81 |
A- |
146-156 | C+ |
103-113 | D |
60-70 |
B+ |
135-145 | C |
92-102 | D- |
50-59 |
B |
125-134 | C- |
82-91 | F |
≤ 49 |
The second hour exam took place Friday, April 5, 12-1 pm in AH 106 The average score was 63.38 and the standard deviation of the scores was 17.22. This is the grading scale:
A |
85-100 | B- |
68-71 | D+ |
51-54 |
A- |
81-84 | C+ |
64-67 | D |
47-50 |
B+ |
77-80 | C |
60-63 | D- |
42-46 |
B |
72-76 | C- |
55-59 | F |
≤ 41 |
The first hour exam took place Friday, March 1, 12-2 pm in AH 106.
Here is another review sheet on the material of chapter 2. Here is the chapter 2 review sheet with solutions.
Tutoring is available at MUSL in the basement of Fleming Hall, room 11.
http://www.uh.edu/nsm/math/undergraduate/academic-assistance/Support-and-Tutoring/Departmental%20Tutoring/
Here are some notes on complex arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Also check out the Wikipedia page on Euler's formula and its proof (the proof is simpler than the beginning of the article).
Textbook: "Linear Algebra," by Stephen Friedberg, Arnold Insel, Lawrence Spence, published by Pearson, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-008451-4 (print, $199.31) or (digital, $41.99) ISBN-13: 978-0-321-99889-7. This is not available at the UH bookstore, try Amazon for a paperback version, or Pearson for a digital download.
Homework assignments are listed here.
The syllabus for the course is under construction. I plan to cover chapters 1-5 of the text. The topics covered in chapters 1-7 may seem to be the same as those covered in Math 2331, but these topics will be covered in more depth than in 2331.
Prerequisites: Math 2331 and minimum 3 hours of 3000 level mathematics.
Online video lectures are available here. I really like these lectures. However, they don't correspond well to our textbook.
There will be two hour exams during the semester.
Grading. For each exam, and for the semester totals of homework grades and of quiz grades, I will compute an average μ and standard deviation σ. If X is your score on exam one, and the average and standard deviation for exam one are μ1 and σ1, then your normalized score for exam one is:
z1 = (X-μ1)/σ1.
Your grade will be determined by a weighted average of normalized scores:
Grade = 0.20*(z1 + z2) + 0.40*zFinal + 0.20*zHomework Total.
This means that each hour exam counts 20%, the Final exam counts 40%, and the Homework Total counts 20%
The numerical result of this calculation will determine your grade as follows:
| z › 1.0 | .75 ‹ z ‹ 1.25 | .5 ‹ z ‹ .75 | .25 ‹ z ‹ .5 |
| A | A- | B+ | B |
| 0 ‹ z ‹ .25 | -.25 ‹ z ‹ 0 | -.5 ‹ z ‹ -.25 | -.75 ‹ z ‹ -.5 |
| B- | C+ | C | C- |
| -1 ‹ z ‹ -.75 | -1.25 ‹ z ‹ -1 | -1.5 ‹ z ‹ -1.25 | ‹ -1.5 |
| D+ | D | D- | F |
If your Final Exam normalized score is higher than your lowest hour exam normalized score, then I will replace the lowest hour exam normalized score with the normalized final exam score.