Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Linear Algebra MTHS 212 2023

Dear ladies and gentlemen

Welcome to Linear Algebra MTHS 212 2023. My name is Mr S Mkiva. My office number is 2105 (128)
in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, located in the Science Building A4.

1. eFundi – The official eFundi site for MTHS 212 is MTHS 212 1-1 M 2023
• Announcements
• Resources
• Messages
• Chat room
• Etc.
2. Prescribed textbook
• Linear Algebra and Its Applications by DC Lay, SR Lay and JJ McDonald (4th and 5th ed)
• Other recommended books are mentioned in the study guide
3. Study material
• Study guide
• Power point slides
• Tutorials
4. Chapters
• Chapter 1 – Linear Equations
• Chapter 2 – Introduction to Linear Transformations
• Chapter 3 – Matrix Algebra
• Chapter 4 – Subspaces of Rn
• Chapter 5 – Determinants
• Chapter 6 – Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
• Chapter 7 – Systems of First Order Differential Equations
• Matlab
• More details and learning outcomes of these chapters may be found in the study
guide.
5. Times and venues
• Tuesday 14:30 - 15:45 A1 G45
• Thursday 13:00 - 14:15 A8 G04
• Friday 8:00 – 9:15 A1 G45
6. Tutorials and tutorial tests (quizzes)
• At the end of each section you will receive that section’s tutorial questions. Every
week you will write an online tutorial test / quiz of +/- 10 marks on the work covered
in that particular or previous week.
7. Online assessments
• A document on the guidelines on how to take online assessments on eFundi will be
uploaded on eFundi under Resources.
• After familiarizing yourself with the document, you will be given an online practise
assessment, will call it Quiz 0.
8. Assessments
• +/- 9 tutorial tests (weekly quizzes)
• 1 Matlab assignment
• Class test
• Semester test
• Exams
9. Semester mark (SM) / continuous evaluation mark
• Tuts / quizzes + Matlab assignment – 30%
• Class test – 30%
• Semester test – 40%
10. To pass
• Need SM ≥ 40% to write exams
• Exam Mark (EM)
• Final mark (FM) = (SM+EM)/2
• To pass, you need FM ≥ 50% AND EM ≥ 40%
Chapter 1 -Linear Equations

I. Systems of Linear Equations

II. Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
III. Vector Equations
IV. Matrix Equations (Ax=b)
V. Solution Sets of Linear Systems
VI. Applications of Linear Systems
VII. Linear Independence