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• Math 3330 Introduction to Linear Algebra and Vector Spaces

• Math 5330 Graduate Algebraic Geometry

Math 3330: Introduction to Linear Algebra and Vector Spaces

• Help Outside Class Time

  • Instructor's office hours (through Tuesday Dec 8 inclusive):
    Mon and Wed 1:30-2:15 pm and 3:30-4:10 pm using Microsoft Teams (see Canvas Announcements for the link), or by appointment.
    (Instructor's office hours during Dec 9-18 will be posted on the homework page at the end of Nov.)

  • Our LRC tutor is Logan Marshall ( logan.marshall@mavs.uta.edu ) and his office hours (through Dec 8 inclusive) are:
    Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00-8:45 am using Canvas conference.

  • You can also contact the Math Clinic and/or LRC in PKH 325 for help; tel = (817) 272-5674 (or try (817) 272-1749). Some (not all) tutors in the clinic should be able to address your questions. Meetings/appointments are via Microsoft Teams. Check their websites for details.

• This course will make use of Canvas for some items.

• Course Information Sheet.

• Homework. Make sure you are viewing the most current version of the homework page and not the version in your browser's cache; reload the page from source, or clear the cache and reload the page. Skimming through the main ideas in a section shortly before that section is covered in class should help you understand the lecture -- try it!
  (Link to instructor's homework assignments in Math 3330 in Fall 2018.)

• Tips on how to study & more tips on how to study.

• Some practice quizzes & tests from other courses/websites/universities with immediate feedback or solutions provided:

  • practice quiz on solving systems of linear equations

  • practice quiz on linear transformations and kernels, image, etc

  • practice quiz on linear spaces, dimension, bases, etc

  • practice quiz on determinants and diagonalizability

  • some practice quizzes & tests on various aspects of our course

  • some practice quizzes on various aspects of our course

  • some more practice quizzes on various aspects of our course.

• Some online applets to help with calculations in this course:

  • toolkit to help with matrix row operations, finding the inverse of a matrix using row operations, determining if a set of vectors spans a certain subspace, finding bases, etc;

  • online help with matrix calculations such as solving a matrix equation, finding rank of a matrix, inverse of a matrix, matrix multiplication, or this other helpful website for finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues.

• For those of you interested in applications of linear algebra, you could surf the web, or consult this website or this website at NASA or this other website at NASA or this other website for items to read.

• 5 Mathematics-related careers voted among top 10 best jobs in 2019!!

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Math 5330: Graduate Algebraic Geometry

• Help Outside Class Time

  • Instructor's office hours (through Tuesday Dec 8 inclusive):
    Mon and Wed 1:30-2:15 pm and 3:30-4:10 pm using Microsoft Teams (see Canvas Announcements for the link), or by appointment.
    (Instructor's office hours during Dec 9-18 will be posted on the homework page at the end of Nov.)

• Course Information Sheet.

• This course will make use of Canvas for some items.

• Homework. Make sure you are viewing the most current version of the homework page and not the version in your browser's cache; reload the page from source, or clear the cache and reload the page. Skimming through the main ideas in a section shortly before that section is covered in class should help you understand the lecture -- try it!
  (Link to instructor's homework assignments in Math 5330 in Fall 2016.)

• Errata for 4th edition of textbook

• A list of books that are likely good supplements to the required textbook (this list is from the course taught in Fall 2016).

• Tips on how to study & more tips on how to study.

• Guidance on writing proofs (pdf file).

• For those of you interested in applications of algebraic geometry, you could surf the web, or consult this website or this website at NASA or this other website at NASA or this other website for items to read. A website at NASA that illustrates applications of category theory (a subfield of abstract algebra) is here.

• 5 Mathematics-related careers voted among top 10 best jobs in 2019!!

• Click here to return to top of page.

(copied from Don Bovee at math.washington.edu)