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Read this document in its entirety. It contains all of the policies regarding the
administration of this course. Failure to properly read or understand this
document is not a valid excuse when serious matters arise.
When in doubt about a rule or policy, contact the Course Coordinator directly.
Document Date: 13 May 2014 (section II updated 6 June, section III updated 19 June)
Course Coordinator: Dr. Steven Rayan
Contact: rayan@math.toronto.edu
Office: Rm. 6256, Bahen Centre (Building Code: BA)
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Section #
Lecture Times
Lecture Room
Instructor
01
MB-128
Steven Rayan
02
MP-137
Mikhail Gudim
Location
Contact
Steven Rayan
BA-6256
rayan@math.toronto.edu
Mikhail Gudim
Weds, 1:103:00 pm
mikhail.gudim@utoronto.ca
Course Web Page: This course has its own site within Portal / Blackboard:
https://portal.utoronto.ca/
Solutions to tutorial quizzes, sample midterms, and other important documents will be posted
there. Please contact the Course Coordinator ASAP if you are unable to access it.
Welcome to MAT223 : Linear Algebra I. This course will provide a first look at
linear systems, matrix algebra, and vector spaces. The main goal of the course is to
show you how these three notions are deeply intertwined. The ways in which these
connections arise lead to some exciting mathematics.
Midterm Exam: Your midterm examination will take place on Thursday, June 5 from 4 pm
to 6 pm in EX100. More information on the structure and content of the exam will be provided
closer to the date. You must attend the exam, unless there are valid extenuating circumstances.
The exam cannot be rescheduled for any reason and there are no make-up exams. If you fall ill,
and your illness is deemed sufficient to prevent you from writing the exam by an accredited medical doctor, then you must submit to the Course Coordinator an official Illness Verification Form
within 3 business days of the exam date. (You may submit it to him electronically, if necessary.)
There are other acceptable reasons for missing the midterm (e.g. family tragedy). In these cases,
appropriate documentation must be provided, also within 3 business days. If you cannot attend
for a valid reason, then your grade will be computed as 30% Assignments, 70% Final Exam. If
you do not attend but do not have a reason that is both valid and documented, then you will earn
a mark of 0 on the midterm.
Examples of invalid excuses:
headaches
insomnia
the common cold (unless an accredited physician indicates that it is especially severe)
typical family and work obligations (e.g. I couldnt make it to the exam because of my sons
soccer practice; ormy boss made me work overtime on the day of the exam)
weather and/or transportation issues
IT issues
failure to properly read or remember the exam date / time.
Final Exam: The final examination will take place in the week starting Monday, June 23. The
exact time and location of the exam will be announced closer to the end of the course. The final examination will provide a broad overview of the course. More information on the structure
and content of the exam will be provided closer to the end of the course. You must attend the
exam. The exam cannot be rescheduled for any reason and there are no make-up exams. Failure
to attend the final exam is an extremely serious matter, and this matter will be handled by
the Faculty of Arts & Science itself (not by the Course Coordinator, nor by the Department of
Mathematics). Should you be absent from the exam, it is highly advisable that you collect and
have ready all relevant documentation regarding your absence, as the Faculty may request such
information with little notice.
NO Calculators: Calculators are neither required nor permitted for quizzes, the midterm exam,
or the final exam. Bringing a calculator, or any other electronic device with calculator-like abilities,
to your work space will be grounds for an academic offense.
More on Reporting Illness or Injury: The only medical document accepted is UofTs Official
Illness Verification Form. The form must be signed by an accredited physician or nurse practitioner
practicing in the Toronto area (unless you have suffered an injury outside of Toronto). The form
Code of Conduct: You are expect to conduct yourself in a purely professional manner, whether
it be in class, in tutorial, in the exam room, or while engaging in electronic communications. Be
respectful and mindful of your classmates, TAs, and instructors at all times. Do not disrupt the
concentration of your classmates by using electronic devices in class. In general, you are permitted
to use laptops and tablets in class to take notes, but if your use of such devices proves to be
disruptive, you will be asked to put them away for the duration of the semester. The volume on
all devices MUST be set to 0 at all times. Texting and other phone use, even if done silently, is
not an appropriate use of classroom space or time.
Do not contravene the rules of this syllabus, of the Faculty of Arts & Science, or of the University
of Toronto in general. Please see the Governing Councils policies on behaviour:
http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm
Week
Tuesday
Thursday
#1
May 1216
Lecture #1
Lecture #2
Tutorial
#2
May 1930
Lecture #3
Tutorial
Lecture #4
Tutorial
Quiz #1
#3
May 2631
Lecture #5
Tutorial
Lecture #6
Tutorial
Quiz #2
#4
June 26
Lecture #7
Lecture #8
MIDTERM TEST
REVIEW SESSION
4:10 - 6:00 pm
(instead of tutorials)
MIDTERM TEST
4:10 - 6:00 pm
Arrive at EX100 by 4:05
(instead of tutorials)
#5
June 913
Lecture #9
Tutorial
Lecture #10
Tutorial
Quiz #3
#6
June 1620
Lecture #11
Tutorial
Lecture #12
Tutorial
Quiz #4
FINAL EXAM REVIEW SESSION: Monday, 23 June, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in BA-1160
(there will also be time for extra questions afterwards)
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 25 June, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm in EX-200
#1-60
#1-56
#1-80
#1-74
Week 2 Material:
-Linear dependence / independence
-Matrix algebra (incl. multiplication and inverses of matrices; *omit partitions of matrices)
-Linear transformations of Euclidean spaces
-ker(T ) and range(T ) of a transformation T
-Subspaces of Rn (motivated by kernel and range of transformations)
Corresponding textbook sections: 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.1
Recommended textbook problems:
-2.3,
-3.2,
-3.3,
-3.1,
#1-66
#1-64 (omit partitions of matrices)
#1-70
#1-66
Week 3 Material:
-Linear transformations continued (compositions, onto, one-to-one)
-Basis and dimension of a subspace
-Column space, row space, and null space of a matrix
-Relationship of column space to range and of null space to kernel
-The row-col-rank theorem
-The rank-nullity theorem
Corresponding textbook sections: 3.1, 4.1-4.3
Recommended textbook problems:
-3.1,
-4.1,
-4.2,
-4.3,
#1-66
#1-72
#1-68
#1-60
Week 4 Material:
-Finding bases for row space, column space, and null space of a matrix
-Determinant of a square matrix, calculation by row / column expansion
-Properties of the determinant
-Relationship of determinant to invertibility
-Applications of determinants to area (*omit adjoint matrix, Cramers Rule, and volume)
Corresponding textbook sections: 4,3, 5.1-5.3
#1-60
#1-82
#1-72
Example 4 (pg. 208), problems #23-27, 39, 40, 47, 60
Week 5 Material:
-Characteristic polynomial and equation
-Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, eigenspaces
-Completion of Big Theorem (final point: A is invertible iff = 0 is not an eigenvalue of A)
-Change of basis
-Diagonalization
-Powers of diagonalizable matrices
-Application of diagonalization to data compression (taught, but not on exam)
Corresponding textbook sections: 6.1, 6.3/6.4
-6.1, #1-66
-6.3 (some 6.3 material will be incorporated into lectures for 6.4; only do problems from 6.4)
-6.4, #1-64
Week 6 Material:
-Dot product revisited: length and angle
-Orthogonal sets of vectors
-Orthogonal complements of subspaces of Rn
-row(A) = null(A) for any matrix A
-Projections and projection formula
-Orthogonal bases and Gram-Schmidt algorithm
-Diagonalizability of projection matrices
-Application of projections to linear regression (taught, but not on exam)
Corresponding textbook sections: 8.1, 8.2
Recommended textbook problems:
-8.1, #1-72
-8.2, #1-58
N.B. We may be slightly ahead or behind this schedule at any given time.