640:250 Linear Algebra, Fall 2009

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 materials from previous semesters can be found on the main course page.

The textbook for this course is

Spence, Insel, & Friedberg: Elementary Linear Algebra: A Matrix Approach, 2nd Edition ,   Prentice-Hall   (ISBN # 978-0-13-187141-0).

The authors of the textbook also have a companion   web site containing supplementary material, including true-false tests.


Course Materials

The details and 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. The final exam times are determined from the class meeting hour. See Fall 2009 Final exam schedule.


Individual Sections

There are ten regular sections of Math 250 this semester. There are also two sections of the course using MATLAB: 640:250C

The third entry in each row of the following 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 MTh1 SEC-202 Beheshti
02 MTh2 ARC-204 Shtelen
03 TF1 SEC-210 Petrie
04 TF2 SEC-203 Woodward
05 TTh5 ARC-204 Cohen
06 TTh6 ARC-110 Taft
07 MW5 BE-201 Rong
08 MW6 BE-251 X. Huang
09 MW7 FH-B2 Y.-Z. Huang
10 MW8 FH-B3 Hoelscher


Links to other linear algebra materials are on Math 250 Main Course Page