Instructor

• Xiang Tang, Cupples I, 112B, xtang@math.wustl.edu

Classroom and Time

• Duncker 101,  12-1
  

Office Hour

• Tuesday 4-6 or by appointment
  

Webpage

• http://www.math.wustl.edu/~xtang/fall2009-algebra.html
  

Text

• Linear Algebra (2nd edition), by K. Hoffman and R. Kunze.

Prerequisite

• Math 310

Preview

• This is a course about linear algebra.  We will attempt to cover most of Chapters 1-8. I will expect that you are familiar with materials in Chapter 1 and 2.
  

• There will be weekly due homework sets. Homework is due every Wednesday at the beginning of the lecture.
  

Exams

• There will be one midterm exam and one final exam. Midterm exam is on Oct. 21st.
  
• Final is on Dec. 17th, 10:30-12:30..
  

• Homework: 30%, Midterm 30%, Final: 40%. 
• You are expected to take the exams at their scheduled times. If you are away because of a university sporting event or field trip, then you may arrange for your coach or professor to administer the exam. Excused absences may be granted in the case of illness or bereavement. The final exam date cannot be changed for reasons of traveling convenience.
• Letter grades will be given based on your overall score. The cutoffs for the various letter grades will be no higher than the following:

• In total, we will collect 11 homeworks. You are allowed to drop the lowest homework score.