Overview

The course is logically divided into the following six parts:

• systems of linear equations
• matrices
• determinants
• vectors and geometry
• linear transformations
• eigenvalues and eigenvectors
In the first half of the course we will mostly discuss: methods to solve systems of
linear equations, matrices and different operations that we can perform on matrices,
Vector Geometry determinants of matrices. In the second half we will discuss vectors, operation on
vectors, how vectors can be used to determine equations of lines and planes in
and Linear Algebra plane/space, general linear transformations, and eigenvectors/eigenvalues.

Math 1300 The course is taught in person and you are expected to attend lectures and labs.

Material
Recommended Text
Instructor Info Elementary Linear Algebra with applications (11th Edition) by Howard Anton (cus-
tom print).
g Andrii Arman
We will cover sections 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.5, 4.9, 5.1-5.2.
U Office Hours:
UM Learn
MTWR 10:30pm-11:30pm,
Lectures, tutorials, and other relative materials will be submitted on UM Learn page.
or by appointment/by email
Machray Hall 450 or Zoom Tests
@ andrii.arman@umanitoba.ca There will be four quizzes, one midterm and a final.
Quizzes will take place during the last 20 minutes of your Monday (B01, B02, B07),
or Tuesday (B03, B04) labs in Weeks 2,3,5,6. Quizzes will cover the material of
previous weeks. Best 3 out of 4 quizzes will be counted towards your grade.
Lectures Info Quiz 4 for B01, B02, B07 labs will be conducted on August 9 (Wednesday), since
MTWR, July 4 - August 11 August 7 (Monday) is a holiday.
extra class July 7 (Friday) Midterm will be written on Monday, July 24, during the last 60 minutes of the lecture.
extra class August 11 (Friday) Midterm will cover material of Weeks 1-3.
no class August 7 (Monday)
VW date: July 27 (Thursday) Final exam will be a 2-hour exam, date and place will be announces later.
All tests are closed book, no notes, books, calculators, or other computing devices
U 9:00-10:15 am
are allowed.
Wallace 221
Grading Scheme
20% Quizzes (best 3 out of 4)
Lab Info
30% Midterm Exam
July 4 - August 11
MW (B01, B02, B07), 50% Final Exam
or TR (B03, B04)
Minimum requirements for the letter grades will not be higher than the following.
only B01, B02, B07: The cutoffs could potentially be a bit lower.
extra class July 7 (Friday)
extra class August 11 (Friday) F D C C+ B B+ A A+
no class August 7 (Monday)
none 50 60 65 72 80 86 93
U 10:45-11:35 am
B01 – Biological Sciences 401
B02 – Allen building 330
B03 – Allen building 319
B04 – Biological Sciences 401
B07 – Machray Hall 316
FAQs
? How will I use linear
algebra in real life?
U Many problems in mathematics
require you to solve certain sys-
tem of linear equations. Ma-
trices, row operations are fre-
quently used in data base soft-
ware (i.e. MS Excel). Vectors
and linear transformations are
building blocks for understand-
ing 3D geometry and related
symmetries (e.g. rotations).
? How many hours am I
expected to invest in
this course?
U I believe 9-12 hours per
week should be more then
enough: roughly 5-7 hours
for lectures/labs and reading
textbook, 3-4 hours for problem
solving and labs, and 1 hour for
office hours/discussions
? Will the grades be
scaled/curved?
U I don’t plan to do that, the
minimal percentage required for
a certain grade is indicated in
Grading scheme section. The
cutoffs for the grades will only
move down, or stay the same. I
also don’t follow the curve, in-
stead I am looking for natural
gaps in grades distribution
Tutorials
You must be registered in one of the tutorial (B01-B04, B07). There will be weekly
assigned work in form of lab tutorial questions. You are expected to try and solve
the tutorial questions before going to the tutorial. TA’s will help you with any tutorial
questions that you may struggle with.
Your TAs are: Chandramali Piyasundara Wilegoda Liyanage (B01), Jannatun Irana
Ira (B02), Hridoyananda Saikia (B03), Behruz Ayubov (B04), Ali Karoobi (B07).
Make-up Policy
There will be NO make-up quizzes or midterms. Students who missed the midterm
or a quiz have to contact the instructor within 48 hours of the scheduled test.
The first missed quiz will be the one that is dropped. Provided that a student has
a substantiated excuse, the weight of the subsequent missed quizzes (or a missed
midterm) will be transferred to the final.
Collaboration
Discussions of the topics and exercises with other students is an excellent prac-
tice. You can post in discussions on UM Learn, organise a study group or ask me a
question during office hours.
However, no discussion is allowed during the tests. Copying or providing answers on
quizzes or exams are violations of the Academic integrity. Discussion of quizzes or
exams with other students who have not yet taken the quiz or exam is not allowed.
Student accessibility services
Student Accessibility Services requires volunteer note-takers for this class. If you
would like to volunteer, and receive recognition on your Co-Curricular Record (CCR)
for your time, please login to the SAS Portal at
https://sasclockwork.cc.umanitoba.ca/ClockWork/custom/misc/home.aspx
Volunteering is now easier than ever, you can upload notes directly to the SAS Portal.
Thank you.
Academic integrity The Department of Mathematics, the Faculty of Sci-
ence and the University of Manitoba regard acts of academic dishonesty in quizzes,
tests, examinations or assignments as serious offences and may assess a variety of
penalties depending on the nature of the offence.
Acts of academic dishonesty include bringing unauthorized materials into a test or
exam, copying from another student, plagiarism and examination personation.
Students are advised to read section 7 (Academic Integrity) and section 4.2.8 (Ex-
aminations: Personations) in the ”General Academic Regulations and Requirements”
of the current Undergraduate Calendar.
Note, in particular that cell phones and pagers are explicitly listed as unauthorized
materials, and hence may not be present during tests or examinations.
Penalties for violation include being assigned a grade of zero on a test or assign-
ment, being assigned a grade of ”F” in a course, compulsory withdrawal from a
course or program, suspension from a course/program/faculty or even expulsion
from the University.
For specific details about the nature of penalties that may be assessed upon con-
viction of an act of academic dishonesty, students are referred to University Policy
1202 (Student Discipline Bylaw) and to the Department of Mathematics policy con-
cerning minimum penalties for acts of academic dishonesty. The Student Discipline
Bylaw is printed in its entirety in the Student Guide, and is also available on-line or
through the Office of the University Secretary. Minimum penalties assessed by the
Department of Mathematics for acts of academic dishonesty are available on the
Department of Mathematics web-page.
Tentative Class Schedule
Textbook sections:

1.1 Introduction to systems of linear equations 2.3 Properties of determinants; Cramer’s rule
1.2 Gaussian elimination 3.1 Vectors in 2-space, 3-space, and n-space
1.3 Matrices and matrix operations 3.2 Norm, dot product, and distance in Rn .
1.4 Inverses; Algebraic properties of matrices 3.3 Orthogonality
1.5 Elementary matrices and a method for finding A−1 3.4 The geometry of linear systems
1.6 More on linear systems and invertible matrices 3.5 Cross product
1.7 Diagonal, triangular, and symmetric matrices 4.9 Basic matrix transformations in R2 and R3
1.8 Matrix transformations 5.1 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
2.1 Determinants by cofactor expansion 5.2 Diagonalization
2.2 Evaluating determinants by row reduction

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Assessment

Week 1 (July 3) no class 1.1 1.1-1.2 1.2 1.3 none

Week 2 (July 10) 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 Quiz 1 (July 10/11)

Week 3 (July 17) 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.2 Quiz 2 (July 17/18)

Week 4 (July 24) Midterm 2.3 3.1 3.2 Midterm (July 24)

Week 5 (July 31) 3.3 3.4 3.5 1.8 Quiz 3 (July 31/August 1)

Week 6 (August 7) no class 4.9 5.1 5.2 Review Quiz 4 (August 8/9)

List of additional exercises

This list is quite extensive and should only be used if every problem in tutorial was already solved. True-False questions after
each chapter are quite useful as well.

1.1 1,5,7,9,11,12 2.3 1, 3, 7, 9, 15, 25, 27, 29

1.2 1,5,9,13,15,17,31,37 3.1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19
1.3 1,3,5,17,19 3.2 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19
1.4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 13, 17, 19 3.3 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
1.5 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 19 3.4 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17
1.6 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13 3.5 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
1.7 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23 4.9 1-9, 12, 13, 25, 26, 33
1.8 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21 5.1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (bases not required), 11, 13
2.1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27 5.2 1, 3, 5, 7
2.2 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 23