Carl Meyer

MA 723

Theory Of Matrices and Applications



When & Where

3:00-4:15 pm,   T H   Spring, 2010

1220 SAS Hall

Instructor

Prof. Carl D. Meyer

4228 SAS Hall

Text Book

Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra by C. D. Meyer

Available at the NCSU Bookstore (retail price + tax) WARNING! If you buy the text from the bookstore or buy it used, then make sure you get the THIRD PRINTING. Otherwise you will be getting a different version from the one being used.

Available from Amazon.com (free same-day shipping and discounted with no tax)

Available from SIAM online (substantial discounts available to SIAM members)
        Note: All NC State graduate students are eligible for free membership in SIAM

Available from Barns & Noble (at limited times)

Enrolling & Prerequisites

Enrolling:   You must do it through Registration & Records Enrollment (Registration). If the class is full, then there is nothing that I can do to override the system. Please do not ask---I do not have the authority to give you permission to enroll

Prerequisites:   MA 523

MA 520 (maybe---depends on what was done)

Exams & Grading Policy

EITHER ONE OR TWO REGULAR EXAMS:   1 class period, closed book, each worth 100pts.

FINAL EXAM:   3 hr comprehensive, closed book, and worth 200pts.

MAKE-UP EXAMS:   Make-up exams are generally not allowed.   Attendance on scheduled exam days is absolutely mandatory!

ATTENDANCE:   It's required

GRADES:   Determined primarily by exam scores.

BUMPS:   Grades can be bumped downward by unexcused absences.
Grades can be bumped upward by participation in class discussions.

HOMEWORK:   Homework is assigned at the end of each lecture.
On designated "homework days," students present randomly selected homework problems to the class. This is how your homework is graded. Homework is the basis for questions appearing on the exams.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Schedule Of Events

FIRST MA723 CLASS:   January 12 (Thursday)

HOLIDAY:   (MLK Day) January 18 (Monday)

EXAM:   February 18 (Thursday)

LAST DAY TO DROP:   March 8 (Monday)

NO CLASS   March 9 (Tuesday) and March 11 (Thursday)

SPRING BREAK:   March 15-19 (Mon-Fri)

NO CLASS   (Spring Holiday) April 1 (Thursday)

EXAM:   April 8 (Thursday)

HOLIDAY:   (Spring Holiday) April 2 (Friday)

LAST MA723 CLASS:   April 29 (Thursday)

FINAL EXAM:   May 6 (Thursday) 1:00-4:00 p.m.

DON'T ASK TO TAKE THE FINAL EARLY!

Grades, Exam Scores, and Solutions

FINAL GRADES:    Course grades will be posted on the MYPACK Portal site that can be found at the NCSU Registration & Records web site. Once you have entered your unity account and password in MyPack Portal and are admitted, click the FOR STUDENTS tab and select Academic Records --- from there select View My Grades.

SOLUTIONS FOR EXAM 1

SOLUTIONS FOR EXAM 2

SOLUTIONS FOR EXAM 3

Outline & References

Course Outline

References other than the text

  • Theory of Matrices by P. Lancaster
  • Linear Algebra And Its Applications by Gilbert Strang
  • Matrix Analysis & Topics In Matrix Analysis by R. Horn and C. Johnson
  • Matrix Theory, Vols. I and II by F. Gantmacher