Mathematics 115A, Section 4 (Requisite: course 33A)


Winter Quarter 2013

M (Tu) W (Th) F from 2:00 PM to 2:50 PM

Lectures in MS 5117


Instructor: Haruzo HIDA

Office: MS 6308

Phone: 63382


Teaching Assistants: DENOMME, ROBERT ARTHUR.
Text: Linear Algebra, fourth UCLA edition, by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel and Lawrence E. Spence
Chapters 1, 2, part of 4, 5, 6

Three more sections of Math 115A are opened.
Students in waiting list of this section (Section 4) are encouraged to transfer to the other sections

Office Hours:Tentatively Fridays 3:00pm to 3:50pm (after the class)  or by appointment
Midtem Exams:
Solution keys to homework assignment in the first midterm exam coverage will be available

Second Exam: February 25th (M):
Score Distribution Table and D-Zone[pdf] (now posted)

Solution keys to homework assignment in the second midterm exam coverage will be available

Final Exam: Definitely on Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

[Final Exam Outline] (now posted).
Solution keys of selected homework questions after the second midterm exam including Homework No.9 will be available.
The day and the exact coverage of each midterm exams depend on the progress in the course and will be announced in the lecture a week before the exam.

The final exam day and time cannot be changed.
No make-up exams under whatever circumstance (including midterm exams).

Grading: Each midterm exam counts about 20% of your grade, the homework counts about 10% and the final exam counts about 50%. The grading is on a curve. About 15-20% of students will receive A- or above, and about 30-35% will receive the grade between B- and B+.
A student who misses the final exam may receive an incomplete grade "I" provided he or she

(i) has taken and passed the two midterm exams,
(ii) has completed the homework at a passing level,
(iii) contacts the instructor on or before the day of the final exam to arrange a conference, and
(iv) presents documents explaining his or her circumstances (such as medical emergency).

If any one of the above four conditions is not met, the student who misses the final exam will be automatically assigned the grade " F".

Homework is assigned below in this class web page, some of which will be explained in a TA session before its due date/time. The homework is due in class on the day indicated in each assignment. Each student is required to submit homework in class or to TA by 2.50PM on the day. On the top of the front page of your homework set, print your last name followed by your first name and middle initial, and your student identification number. Also sign your full name underneath.

NO LATE HW WILL BE ACCEPTED - NO EXCEPTIONS

Syllabus


Week of

January 7: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

January 14: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

January 21: 2.1, 2.2, Review

January 28: First Midterm Exam, 2.2

February 4: 2.3, 2.4

February 11: 2.5, 4.4

February 18: 5.1, 5.2, Review

February 25: Second Midterm Exam, 6.1, 6.2

March 4: 6.3, 6.4,

March 11: 6.4, Review

Homework

You should do all suggested exercise problems in the text for exams, as problems similar to the ones listed show up in two midterm exams and the final exam.
No.1 (due on Thursday January 17) [available a week before due],
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 1.1: 1, 2, 3, 4,
Section 1.2: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19,
Section 1.3: 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 20, 24

No.2 (due on Thursday January 24) [available a week before due]:

Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 1.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 16
Section 1.5: 1, 2, 7, 11, 12
Section 1.6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 26, 30, 31

No.3 (due on Tuesday Febuary 5) [available a week before due]:

Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 2.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 24, 31
Section 2.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16

No.4 (due on Tuesday February 12) [available a week before due]
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 2.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15
Section 2.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 15

No.5 (due on Tuesday February 19) [available a week before due]:
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 2.5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9

No.6 (due on Thursday February 28) [available a week before due]
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 4.4: 1, 2, 3, 4,
Section 5.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 26

No.7 (due on Tuesday March 5):[available a week before due]
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 5.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

No.8 (due on Tuesday March 12):[available a week before due]
Suggested exercises in the text for exams:
Section 6.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 16, 24
Section 6.2: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 19

Suggested exercises in the final exam coverage):
Section 6.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15
Section 6.4: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11