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Math 152 Linear Systems - Section 206

January - April 2008

Course Information

Course: Math 152/206  
Lectures: Mon, Wed, Fri, 12.00 - 13.00
Room: CHBE 102

Instructor Information

Instructor: Costanza Piccolo
email: costanza (at) math.ubc.ca
Office: LSK 203C

Office hours

Monday/Wednesday, 14.00 - 16.00, the rest of the week by appointment.

Tutorial Centre

The Mathematics Department runs a Drop-in Tutorial Centre stuffed by undergraduate and graduate TAs. The centre opens on January 14th. Math152 students can drop in during any of the open hours. For information on hours and location check the Math Department Tutorial Centre page.

Course Notes

There is no official textbook for this course. Lectures will be based on the online notes available below:

Additional notes might be provided during the term.

Linear Algebra and its Applications by D.C. Lay is an optional book.

Labs

Check the Math 152 Lab page for information on the Labs sessions. Note that the lab TAs and lab session time information have not been updated yet. The description of the labs at the bottom of the page is current.

Course Policies

  1. This is a 3-credit course with a maximum grade of 100. Grade breakdown:
    Homework, 5%
    Labs, 10%
    2 Tests, 20% each
    Final exam, 45%

  2. Homework assignments will be posted online on Mondays, collected in class on the following Wednesday, before class starts. Solutions will be posted Thursday afternoons. No late assignments will be accepted. For each students, the lowest assignment mark will not be used in the calculation of the average.

  3. Labs: Students are responsible for completing six one hour computer labs using the software, MATLAB. They will be held once every two weeks. There is no lab during the first week of classes. Lab material will be tested in tests and in the final exam.

  4. There are two 50 minute midterm exams during the term. The test dates are fixed as follows:
    Test #1 Febraury 1st (Friday)
    Test #2 March 14th (Friday)

  5. There will be a common final exam. Term marks will be scaled to each section's average on the final exam (this scaling may be done in blocks of sections). The instructor reserves the right to revise or round off grades if circumstances warrant.

  6. Students that miss term tests for a valid reason (official written verification is required) will have their final mark averaged proportionally over the other course material. No make-up exams will be given.

  7. No calculators, no books or notes are allowed in any exam.

Course Description

The course is an introduction to 2D and 3D geometry, vectors and matrices, eigenvalues and vibration, physical applications. Laboratories demonstrate computer solutions of large systems.

Web pages of parallel sections

 

Last modified: Jan 28, 2008