Instructor: Siva Athreya
Time: 10:00+11:30
Room: BUCH A202
Day: Tuesday, Thursday.
Office: 236, Mathematics Building.
Office hours: Monday 2-3pm, 5-6pm, Thursday at 1:30-2:30pm, or by appointment.

Text: Linear Algebra and its applications, Second Edition, by David C. Lay.

Syllabus: Section: 1.1+1.9, 2.1-2.3,2.7,2.9, 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.7, 5.1-5.4, 6.1-6.6, 7.1-7.2.

E-Mail: My e-mail address is athreya@math.ubc.ca. Please send me an email, so that I can put you on the class list. If you haven't obtained an e-mail account, then information on setting one up is available at http://www.firstyear.ubc.ca/orientations/e-mail.asp

WWW-page: I shall maintain a course home-page, at the following address:
http://www.math.ubc.ca/ ~athreya/221 . The page should serve as a useful archive.

(Optional)Project: Each of us has an option to do an independent study project dealing with an application of Linear Algebra and submit a report. There will be a list of subjects to choose from. The project will be graded on the report's material content, amount studied and referenced, presentation and the results achieved. I shall keep you posted on this as the semester progresses.

Quizzes: There will be a take-home quiz due every Tuesday morning. The quiz will be handed out in class on Thursday.

Exams: There shall be three exams in the semester.
Triterm 1: February, 1st
Triterm 2: March, 15th
Triterm 3:April **

Grading: You may choose one of the following grading schemes. The deadline for choosing a scheme is FEBRUARY 6th. If I donot hear from you then I will assume that you have chosen Scheme I.

Scheme I: Triterm 1 is worth 30% of the grade. Triterm 2 is worth 30 % of the grade. Triterm 3 is worth 35 % of the grade. The quizzes are worth 5 % of the grade.
Scheme II: Triterm 1 is worth 26% of the grade. Triterm 2 is worth 26% of the grade. Triterm 3 is worth 33 % of the grade. The project is worth 10 % of the grade. The quizzes are worth 5 % of the grade.

Following is a tentative schedule for the material covered in class, from the text. Please try to read the chapters before the lectures in which they are covered.

Date	Section		Date	S ection
January 2-4	1.1,1.2,1.3		February 20-22	No classes
January 9+11	1.4,1.5,1.6		Feb. 27-Mar. 1	4.6,4.7,6.1,6.2
January 16+18	1.7,1.8,2.1		March 6-8	6.3,6.4,6.5
January 23-25	2.2,2.3,2.9		March 13+15	Review, Exam
Jan. 30-Feb 1	3.1,Review, Exam		March 20-22	5.1,5.2,5.3,5.4
February 6-8	3.2,3.3,4.1		March 27-29	7.1,7.2,1.9
February 13+15	4.2,4.3,4.5		April 2-4	2.7,6.6, Review

Studying and Homework: The course requires at least two hours of study for each hour of class time. Homework will be posted on the web. It is imperative that you try, (and write up solutions for), the homework problems BEFORE their respective due dates. The problems given are a small selection so please do try other problems for practice from the text. You are encouraged to work together on solving the problems. We shall try to discuss the homework for a few minutes in class.

Feedback: Please feel free to drop by my office during office hours, to clear up difficulties or to just discuss mathematics. I would appreciate feedback from you as the course progresses. If there are suggestions/clarifications that you have then feel free to ask me.