640:250 Linear Algebra, Fall 2006
Catalog Description
01:640:250. INTRODUCTORY LINEAR ALGEBRA (3) Prerequisite: CALC2. Systems of linear equations, Gaussian elimination, matrices and determinants, vectors in two- and three-dimensional Euclidean space, vector spaces, introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Possible additional topics: systems of linear inequalities and systems of differential equations.
General Information
More about the course and its history can be found from the main course page.
The textbook for this course is
Spence, Insel, & Friedberg: Elementary Linear Algebra: A Matrix Approach , Prentice-Hall (ISBN # 0-13-716722-9).
The authors of the textbook also have a companion web site containing supplementary material, including true-false tests.Course Materials
- syllabus (PDF Format) (Postscript Format)
- homework problems (PDF Format) (Postscript Format)
The pace of the syllabus and the timing of the mid-term exams will vary from section to section. Each section has its own midterm and final exam.
Individual Sections
There are nine regular sections of Math 250 this semester. There are also two sections of the course using MATLAB 640:250C
The sections in the following table are color coded by campus. The
third entry in each row of this table is the Building and Room for the
section; to obtain the location of the building, click here for the Rutgers campus map
home page. The fourth entry in the row is the instructor's name;
click on the name for special information for the section or the home
page of the instructor, if it exists.
| 01 | MW5 | SC-102 | Munshi |
| No section 2 | |||
| 03 | MTh1 | SEC-218 | Carley |
| 04 | MTh2 | ARC-204 | Cook |
| No section 5 | |||
| 06 | TF2 | SEC-203 | Gindikin |
| 07 | TTh5 | ARC-204 | Taft |
| 08 | TTh6 | SEC-208 | Taft |
| No sections 9 or 10 | |||
| 11 | MW6 | BE-003 | Puel |
| No sections 12 -- 16 | |||
| 17 | MW8 | FH-A3 | Kruskal |
| 18 | TTh7 | HH B2 | Shtelen |
Comments on this page should be sent to: goodman@math.rutgers.edu
Last updated: August 22, 2005 by Roe Goodman