Course Overview:
This course includes the study of vectors in the plane and space, systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations, inner products, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. 

Lectures:

  • Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices 
  • Determinants 
  • General Vector Spaces 
  • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

MAIN TEXTBOOK:

  • Elementary Linear Algebra: Applications Version, 11th Edition, by Howard Anton and Chris Rorres. 

Class time and Location:
Saturday and Monday 08:00-09:30 AM (Fall 2015), Room 204/1. 

Prerequisites:
General mathematical sophistication and calculus.

Grading:

  • Homework – 10%
  • Midterm – 40%
  • Endterm – 50%

Homework:

Pages 22-25: 1(e), 2(b), 3(b), 23(a), 30, 40, 42
Pages 40-51: 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 45, 46, 47, 49
Page 60: 31, 32, 33
Page 67: 21, 22, 23, 24
Page 73-74: 34, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47
Pages 82-83: 16, 25, 32
Page 112: 40, 41, 42
Page 128: 36, 37, 38, 39

Questions?
I’ll be having office hours for this course on Tuesday 8:00–09:00 AM. If this isn’t convenient, email me at hhaji@sbu.ac.ir or talk to me after class.