Math 429 Fall 2002

1. Section Information

Section	Time	Location	Instructor	email	Office Hours
1	MWF 12-1	Cupples I 218	B. Blank	brian@math.wustl.edu	Cupples I Room 224 T 10:00-11:00 Th 12:00-1:00

2. Grading Information

There will be two class exams, E1 and E2, and a final, E3.

Exam	Date	Location	Time
E1	October 2	Cupples I Rm 218	12:00-1:00
E2	November 13	Cupples I Rm 218	12:00-1:00
E3	December 18	Cupples I Rm 218	1:00-3:00

The two class exams scores, E1, E2 and a final exam, E3, will be combined in the following way to obtain a point total out of 100:

S := (E1 + E2 + 2*E3 - min(Ei: i=1..3))/3

The score S out of 100 will be translated into a letter grade of A, B, C, D, F (with plus and minus shadings) in a way that is not stricter than the following table:

Numerical Range	Letter Grade
[80,100]	A
[65,80)	B
[50-65)	C
[40-50)	D
[0,40)	F

It is not likely that "curving" will be applied. There is not much point in asking about this. That is because nothing will be decided until after the final exam. However, it is prudent to assume that there will be no curving. I will try to write exams with enough routine problems that at least a B- is likely.

Neither calculators nor "cheat sheets" will be permitted on the exams.

3. Assignments

Number	Date Assigned	Date Due	Problems
1	September 11	September 18	1.3: 4,5; 1.4: 7,8; 1.6: 3,6

4. Text

Linear Algebra, Second Edition, Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Kunze.

We should cover most of the book.

5. Suggested Problems

The following problems are recommended for additional practice.

Section	Assigned Problems
1.2	2,7,8
1.3	1,2,4,5
1.4	1,2,4,6
1.5	1,3,4,7
1.6	1,3,9

6. Software

Software is not required for this course. However, it is a great advantage to know a package so that you can check your manual work. I recommend MAPLE. Materials for this course will be distributed as MAPLE files. You can use the copy of Maple in the Eads computer lab to open and view the distributed files.

It may be possible to view the files using an old demo.

Old Windows demo
Old Mac demo

Brian E. Blank
Department of Mathematics
Washington University in St. Louis
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

Phone: (314) - 935 - 6763
Fax: (314) - 935 - 6839

e-mail: brian@math.wustl.edu

Last Updated: 11 September 2002