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jair2018Linear Algebra I
Winter 2018/2019
SC/MATH 1021 3.00 M
Instructor Information:
Instructor: Robin Sulzgruber
Email: [email protected]
Office: DB 2028
Office hours: Tuesdays 4:30—5:30pm or by appointment
Course Information:
Prerequisites: One 12U mathematics course or equivalent
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30—4pm in Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB) 0016
Course webpage: http://moodle.yorku.ca
Textbook: Linear Algebra with Applications by W.K.Nicolson, open text Lyryx Learning (available as free
download at https://lyryx.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Nicholson-OpenLAWA-2018A.pdf)
Course Evaluation:
2 written assignments (10% each, due dates: January 31 and February 26)
2 Tests (20% each, dates: February 12 and March 14 in class, duration: 70 min)
Final exam (40%, during exam period April 5—20)
A student must take the final examination to pass the course.
No calculators are permitted during the tests and the final exam of this course.
There will be no make-ups or extensions for missed assignments or in-class tests. If an assignment or a
test is missed for a valid reason (e.g. medical illness) and supporting documentation is provided in a timely
manner, the weighting of that component will be added to the weighting of the final exam.
Written assignments will be made available on the course webpage. They will consist of exercises to solve
and/or proofs for the students to perform. Students are welcome to collaborate with each other on the
homework, however, each student must write their solutions separately in their own words (no copying!).
Note that the last day to withdraw without receiving a grade is March 8.
Course Description:
Topics: Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, real vector spaces.
Description and Objectives: One of the fundamental tasks of mathematics in general and of algebra in
particular is to find solutions to equations and to solve systems of equations. Linear algebra is the branch
of mathematics that has emerged from the study of systems of linear equations. It focuses on
mathematical objects such as vector spaces, matrices and linear transformations. In addition to its strong
ties to geometry, linear algebra also has applications in many other fields of mathematics, physics,
computer science, engineering and economics.
The course MATH 1021 is designed as a first course in linear algebra for students in mathematics and
related degrees at York University. Its main objective is to develop tools for solving systems of linear
equations and to introduce the concepts mentioned above. Although this course does not contain abstract
linear algebra, it is a rigorous mathematics class with proofs.
The course will cover roughly Chapters 1—5 of the textbook. The material will not be covered in the
order it appears in the textbook. Some sections of these chapters will be skipped and additional material
may be added if needed.
Further Information:
All students are expected to familiarize themselves with the following information, available on the
Senate Committee on Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy webpage (see Reports, Initiatives,
Documents) - https://secretariat.info.yorku.ca/files/CourseInformationForStudentsAugust2012-.pdf
• Senate Policy on Academic Honesty and the Academic Integrity Website
• Ethics Review Process for research involving human participants
• Course requirement accommodation for students with disabilities, including physical, medical,
systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities
