Lectures: M, W  3:30 - 4:45, room NAC 6115

Lecturer: Vladimir Shpilrain  Office: NAC 4118b   Phone: (212) 650-5158
e-mail: shpil@groups.sci.ccny.cuny.edu   web page:  http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~shpil

Office hours:  M   5:00-6:00,   W  2:30-3:30  

Homework: Homework problems will be assigned in class once a week.
Homework will NOT be graded, but similar problems will be included in tests.

Textbook:  H. Anton,  Elementary Linear Algebra,  John Wiley & Sons Publ., 9th edition.

Material to be covered (tentative): Chapter 1, Sections 1- 7;   Chapter 2, Sections 1-4;
Chapter 4, Sections 1-3;   Chapter 5, Sections 1-6;   Chapter 7, Sections 1-2;   Chapter 8, Sections 1-5.

Approximate grading weights:

2 midterm exams: 30 % each
Final exam: 40 %

 
There will be no early or make-up  tests.