Mathematics 226
Fall, 2005

Instructor:	      	James Preen    (email: james_preen@capebretonu.ca, phone 563 1181)

Office:	      	A-129A (first floor, A-wing, at the bottom of the ramp)

Office Hours:	Mon-Fri, 11:30-12:30, or by appointment
		      	
Class meetings:	Mon, Wed, Fri 12:30-1:20am in room CE319

Textbook:	     	“Elementary Linear Algebra” by W. Keith Nicholson

Grading:		Mid-term test	20%	     
Assignments, Tests	20%
Final exam		60%

There will be one mid-term test, held in class about halfway through the course and tests will be given following completion of each section of the course. The final exam will be held during the regular examination period in December. All tests and exams will be closed-book; although one sheet of paper prepared by the student with key formulae on will be allowed to be consulted

Past exams, questions and handouts are available on the web at    http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/jpreen/226/  and extra questions may be assigned or requested at any point in the course. Students are encouraged to ask for clarification on the material both during and after classes. Academic regulations concerning penalties for plagiarizing and cheating (pp. 226-227 of the academic calendar) will be rigidly enforced in this course. A supplementary examination for the course will not be offered.

Major Topics:

Review of Matrix Algebra using Complex Numbers

Vector Spaces

Linear Transformations

Inner Products and Orthogonality

The Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra