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\noindent {\bf \centerline{Mathematics 261: Honors Algebra I}}

\noindent {\bf \centerline{Fall Semester 2000}}

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\noindent\underline{Meeting Place and time}: MWF 11:45  -- 12:35, Pasquerilla Center 102
 

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\noindent\underline{Instructor}: Professor Matthew  Dyer, CCMB 201, 631-6082,
dyer.1@nd.edu

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\noindent \underline{Office Hours}: Tuesday   10 -- 11, and by appointment

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\noindent\underline {Text}: {Linear Algebra}, 3rd edition, by
   Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel and Lawrence E. Spence 
(available in bookstore).

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\noindent\underline{Material to be covered} 

\noindent Chapter 1 Vector Spaces

\noindent Chapter 2 Linear Transformations and Matrices

\noindent Chapter 3 Elementary Matrix Operations and Systems of Linear Equations

\noindent Chapter 4 Determinants, and possibly additional material as time permits. 




\noindent \underline{Exam Schedule}

\noindent Quizzes (always announced in class beforehand)

\noindent Exam I, Wednesday September 27 (in class, closed book) 

\noindent Exam II, Wednesday November 8 (take home exam, closed book)

\noindent Final Exam, Thursday December 14, 8-10am (closed book)

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\noindent \underline{Grades} A major letter grade (A,B,C,D,F) will be assigned as an indicator of your
performance on each  exam. Your final course grade will be based on your total score out
of 450 points, determined as follows:
 


\noindent Quizzes: 50 points total

\noindent Homework: 50 points total

\noindent Exams I and II: 100 points each

\noindent Final: 150 points

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\underline{Honor Code} Work on all tests and quizzes should, of course, be strictly
your own.  Students may ask
others for help with their homework, and also work together when they
choose to do so. However, it is unwise to do the homework exclusively
in a group; there is no substitute for the insight that comes from
individual concentration. In any case, your homework should be written up entirely by you
so as to reflect your final understanding of the problem.

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\noindent \underline{Homework}  Use complete english sentences in all written
work.  Special care should be taken to use the appropriate logical
connectives, in order to make arguments coherent.     Homework
which is written in an illegible script, or in a disorganized manner,
will not be accepted. 
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