Welcome to the course home page for Math 301, Linear Algebra
with Applications, section 18800, with Prof. J. Suzanne Hruska. Class
meets MWF, 1:25-2:15, in Swain West 221, with occasional (announced in
class and online)
Monday class meetings in the computer lab
Student Building 221.
Announcement: The final exam will be Monday, Dec 12,
in our classroom (Swain west 221), during 7:15-9:15 PM. There will be a
review session earlier that day, 10:15-12:15 AM, also in our classroom.
Textbook: "Linear Algebra and its Applications", by David Lay (3rd
edition).
Office hours: Mon 3:00-4:30 and Wed
10:30-12, in Rawles 427.
Exam dates: 1st Hourly Exam: Fri Oct 7, in lecture;
2nd Hourly Exam: Fri Nov 4 (one week earlier than
previously announced), in lecture ; Final Exam:
Mon Dec 12, 7:15-9:15pm, in SW 221 (NOT as
originally
scheduled on Fri Dec 16, 5-7pm).
Warning: There are no make-up hourly or final exams, so
please make sure now that you will not have a conflict with any of these
exam dates/times!
Using Matlab: Occasional homework problems will ask you to use a
software package called Matlab that is very convenient for solving large
linear algebra problems, i.e. the kinds of problems that
are most likely to come up in other classes and in real-world applications.
Matlab is available on computers all over
campus, for example the ones in the computer labs in
the basement of Lindley Hall. Interspersed within my lectures,
I'll mention all the
Matlab commands you'll need in this course.