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\textbf{Math 221 Section 01} will meet in CCMB 227 at 9:35 - 10:25 MWF.

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 \textbf{Professor:}
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\begin{minipage}[t]{12cm} Peter Cholak \texttt{<Peter.Cholak.1@nd.edu>} \\
  Course web page: www.nd.edu/\~{}cholak/math221 \\
  Office: CCMB 223; Phone: 1-6507 \\
   \textit{Office hours:} MWF immediately after class, drop in (when
  available), and by appointment.
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\textbf{Course Text:}
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  \textsc{Linear Algebra and its Applications}, 2nd edition (Updated),
  \\ David C. Lay (Addison Wesley).
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\textbf{Grading:}
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  There will be 2 in-class exams, 1 final exam, and 6 take-home
  quizzes.  The lowest quiz score will be dropped.  In addition, there
  will be daily homework assignments. Your grade will be determined by
  your exam and homework scores as follows:
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      Final Exam &   & for 150 points\\
      2 in-class exams & 100  points each & for 200 points\\
      5 quizzes & 20  points each & for 100 points \\
      Homework &  & for 50 points \\
      Total: &  & 550 points
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  The letter grade you will ultimately receive for the course will be
  determined ``on a curve,'' but I will not modify numerical scores.
  
  After grading each exam, I will describe the curve; i.e. I will
  indicate, for example, the range of scores that earn a ``B'' on the
  exam. On the other hand, I will not indicate which scores earn a
  ``B-'' or a ``B+''; determination of $\pm$ grades will only be made
  at the end of the course.
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  \textbf{Exam dates:}
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  The final exam will be on Wednesday, December 13, 2000 from 7:30 pm
  until 9:30 pm.  The final location will be annouced later.  The
  dates of the ``in-class'' exams are as follows:
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      Exam 1 & Friday, October 13, 2000 \\  %% grades due that day at 3.
      Exam 2 & Wednesday, November 22, 2000\\
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  The first exam is the Friday before fall break and the second in the
  Wednesday before Thankgiving break.  There will be no homework
  during these breaks.
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\textbf{Topics:}
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  The following gives an approximate outline of the topics to be
  covered in the course.  I'll tell you a few days in advance of each
  exam precisely which sections will be covered.  I will cover a
  section a day.
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    Topic & Chapter in the text & Exam \\
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    Linear equations & 1 & 1 \\
    Matrix algebra & 2 & 1 \\
    Determinants & 3 & 1 \\
    Vector spaces & 4 & partially on 1 \\
    Eigenvalues/vectors & 5 & 2 \\
    Orthogonality & 6 &  partially on 2 \\
    Symmetric matrices & 7 & final
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\textbf{Makeups:}
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  You can make up the exams only if you have a university approved
  excuse (i.e.\ ill at the infirmary, a participant at an away game,
  etc) and have an official note or letter to this effect.  You may
  \emph{not} make up any of the quizzes (after all they are take-home
  and you can drop), homework (after all in most cases this will have
  little effect on your final grade) or the final (you better be
  there!).
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\textbf{Homework:}
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  Homework will be assigned daily and due \emph{two} class periods
  later (i.e.\ if assigned on Wednesday it is due on the following
  Monday.)  This is done to allow you the time to ask questions about
  the homework.  \emph{However, in general, I will not answer
    questions about an assignment on the day that assignment is due.}
  If you miss a class when the homework is assigned it is still your
  \emph{responsibility} to find out the homework assignment and
  complete it in time.  Hint: check the cousre web page. The homework
  will not be graded by me but by a corrector.  I will only have you
  hand in the even problems assigned.  The answers to the even
  problems are not in the book.  Occasionally, I will place two copies
  of the answers to the even problems in a folder on my book.  Please,
  you can only take these items long enough to have them photocopied!
  As a general rule unless you do exceptionally well or poorly on the
  homework, your homework grade will have little effect on your course
  grade.  However, in order to do well in any mathematics class it is
  very important to keep up with the homework!
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\textbf{Mathematica:}
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  Linear algebra involves lots of computation.  On the exams and final
  you will need to be capable of doing the needed computations by hand
  or with a simple calculator.  However on the homework and take-home
  quizzes you might want to use Mathematica (or Maple or Matlab) to
  check your work.  Our textbook comes with some nice Mathematica
  notebooks which I have placed on the course web page.  These
  notebooks include many of the problems found in the book and greatly
  simplify the amount of computation.  There will be no ``Mathematica
  assignments'' but I hope that you will use it as a tool to check
  your work and it might be useful on the take-home quizzes.  I will
  show anyone how to work the linear algebra features of Mathematica
  at anytime in my office. (If desired, I might consider getting a
  computer classroom and giving a hands-on demo.)
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\textbf{Slides:}
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  I may occasionally use overhead transparency slides in class to
  avoid the transcription of large tables of numbers from my notes to
  the board.  These slides should permit both student and lecturer to
  focus on the ideas being discussed rather than on arithmetic and
  copying. On the other hand, it may be more difficult for you to take
  notes when I do this. This shouldn't be too serious of a problem as
  there are similar examples in the book. However, I will place two
  copies of the slides in a folder on my door.  Please, you can only
  take these items long enough to have them photocopied.
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  \textbf{The Honor Code:}
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  As always you are bound by the \emph{Honor Code} (If you are unclear
  how this code will effect you in this class, please see me)! The
  in-class exam(s) and final are ``closed book'' and no books, notes
  or \emph{ calculators} are allowed. However you may work together on
  the homework, quizzes and your in-class presentation.  While you can
  talk with others in this class about the homework and quizzes
  problems you \emph{must} each individually write up the solutions.
  You may \emph{not} talk to others who have had this class in years
  past nor can you look at the answers from past years.  You will only
  be cheating yourself.
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