Math 535 – Fall 2007

Professor: Chris Hruska
Office: E490 EMS Building
email: chruska at uwm.edu
Office hours: Tues. 1:00–2:30pm, Thurs. 2:30–4:00pm, and by appointment

Text: Linear Algebra, 2nd ed. by Hoffmann–Kunze
Meeting time: MW 12:30–1:45 in EMS E228.
Course web page: http://www.uwm.edu/~chruska/Math535.html

Homework Policy:

Homework will be due at the start of class each Wednesday unless otherwise indicated. Late homeworks will not be accepted without a university approved absence, such as a doctor's note. I will grade randomly selected problems from the homework.

You are strongly encouraged to work on homework in groups, but all submitted homework must be written up in your own words. Direct copying from others is not allowed, and you may not consult any type of answer key, solution book, or internet resource.

Please read the short homework style guide "Communicating Mathematics through Homework" (written by the Harvey Mudd math department). All homeworks must be written up in this (simple) format or they will not be accepted. (Ignore the section on LaTeX formatting.)

Examinations:

There will be two in-class exams and one final exam. The course grades will be determined as follows:

Homework	20%
First Exam	20%
Second Exam	20%
Final Exam	40%

The class will be curved. I will not set the curve until after the final, however after each exam, I will announce in class roughly what the cut-offs are for the letter grades for that exam—but only as a guideline.

Important dates:

First Exam: Week 6, Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Solutions are available here
Second Exam: Week 11, Wednesday, November 14, 2007. Solutions are available here

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 18 from 12:30–2:30pm in our usual classroom, EMS E228

Missed exams:

You will not be allowed to make up any in-class exam or homework unless you provide me with a university approved absence, such as a doctor's note on official letterhead.

Drop/audit policy:

Last day to switch to audit (9/17). Last day to withdraw without "W" (10/1). Last day to withdraw with a "W" (10/26).

Official university policies:

Room changes, course cancellations, etc. are valid only if posted on official Department letterhead.
If you need special accommodations in order to meet any of the requirements of the course, please contact me as soon as possible.
Students will be allowed to complete examinations or other requirements that are missed because of a religious observance.
Statement of Academic Misconduct: The University has a responsibility to promote academic honesty and integrity and to develop procedures to deal effectively with instances of academic dishonesty. Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work, for the appropriate citation of sources, and for the respect of others' academic endeavors. Further information can be found at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Acad_Aff/policy/academicmisconduct.html.
Statement of Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment is reprehensible and will not be tolerated by the University. It subverts the mission of the University and threatens the careers, educational experience, and well being of students, faculty, and staff. The University will not tolerate behavior between or among members of the University community which creates an unacceptable working environment. The draft policy on discriminatory conduct, including sexual harassment, can be found at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/uc/briefings/S-47-Mar05rev.pdf.

Homework assignments:

Date Due	Problems
Sept. 12	Read "Communicating Mathematics through Homework", and use this style when writing up all homework sets. (Ignore the section on LaTeX formatting.) Work Hoffmann–Kunze exercises: Sec.1.2 #2,3,6. Sec.1.3 #2,4,5. Solutions are now available to selected problems.
Sept. 19	Sec. 1.4 #7,8. Sec. 1.5 #3,5. Sec. 1.6 #5,6,8,9,(10, 12). Solutions to some of the problems are now available. Starred problems are optional and are harder than the usual problems. They can be turned in at any time during the semester (before the final exam) for extra credit. You may occasionally find it useful to use a computer algebra system (such as Maple, or a graphing calculator, etc.) to compute row reduced echelon forms of matrices if you feel comfortable with the Gaussian elimination algorithm.
Sept. 26	Sec. 2.1 #2,6. Sec. 2.2 #2,4,5(a,b,c),6,8. Solutions are now available to selected problems.
Oct. 3	Sec. 2.3 #1,4,5,7,9,10,11,(13, 14). Solutions are now available to selected problems.
Oct. 17	Sec. 2.4 #3,5,7. Sec. 2.6 #2,3,6,7. You can check the solutions to selected problems.
Oct. 24	Sec. 3.1 #1,3,5,10,12. Sec. 3.2 #1,5,11.
Oct. 31	Sec. 3.2 #9,10. Sec. 3.3 #3,6. Sec. 3.4 #3,5,8,10.
Nov. 7	Sec. 3.5 #3,5,7,11,12,15. Sec. 4.2 #2. Sec. 4.3 #1.
Nov. 21	Complete the problems on the worksheet.
Nov. 28	Sec. 5.3 #2,3,4,9,12. Sec. 5.4 #3,4. Complete Problem 5 from last week's handout.
Dec. 5	Complete the worksheet.
Dec. 12	Complete the worksheet.