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Professor:

Rich Lundgren

Office:

CU Building Room 624

Telephone:

303-556-8482

e-mail:

Richard.Lundgren@cudenver.edu

web address:

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/rlundgre

Office Hours:

Monday 12:30-2:15, 5:30-6:00, Wed 12:30-2:15, 5:30-6:00 and by appointment

Text:

Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler

We will cover Chapters 1-9 in the text thoroughly as well as a few additional related topics that will be added as we go through the course. The first part of Chapter 1 and all of Chapter 4 will just be a reading assignment. Assume that you are responsible for everything else in the book unless I say that we will omit it. We will cover the book in order but I will supplement it with additional material on matrices.

The goal of the course is to learn and understand in depth those topics in linear algebra which are most important in applications and other graduate math courses. The lectures, material in the book, and exams and quizzes will contain a mixture of theory and computations. The beauty of this subject is the way that the theoretical and computational components interact.

There will be a project due after the Thanksgiving break on Nov 28. It should be on some application of linear algebra, some use of linear algebra in an area of math of interest to you(i.e. statistics, discrete math, etc.), or a computer project. The paper on the project should be about 7-10 pages.

Students are encouraged to work together in cooperative groups on the take-home quizzes and the project and paper. Groups may consist of 2 or 3 students. Everyone in the group must contribute to the solution of each problem, but only one written solution per group is required. Also, only one paper per group project is required. If you work in a group on your project, than the paper should be more substantial than if you work alone.

The quiz and exam due dates are as follows. Quizzes due on Monday can always be turned in on Wednesday without contacting me. However, if you can't get the quiz in by Wednesday, please contact me beforehand via any means with an appropriate excuse. Exam dates are firm, and if you have a problem, please contact me beforehand.