CAAM 335 · Matrix Analysis

Spring 2013 · Rice University


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LECTURES:

Section 1 (Carden): MWF 9:00 AM, Duncan Hall 1064
Section 2 (Yin): MWF 2:00 PM, Duncan Hall 1070

INSTRUCTORS:

Russell Carden (carden_AT_rice.edu), Duncan Hall 3023, (713) 348-6113
Office hours: R 2:00 - 4:00 PM, or by appointment

Wotao Yin (wotao.yin_AT_rice.edu), Duncan Hall 3086, (713) 348-5368
Office hours: W 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, or by appointment

TEACHING
ASSISTANT:

Reid Atcheson (tra2_AT_rice.edu), Duncan Hall 2033
Office hours: W 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Yangyang Xu (yx9_AT_rice.edu), Duncan Hall 2107
Office hours: M and F 1:00 - 2:00 PM

RECITATIONS:

Wednesdays 6:45 - 8:00 PM, Brockman Hall 101

LABORATORY:

The lectures will be accompanied by an optional 1-credit laboratory in which students examine concepts from the course more deeply in the context of physical experiments. A Lab Manual is available.
An interest meeting will be held Wednesday January 9, at 6:00 pm, in Duncan Hall 2014.
Lab TA: Charles Puelz (cp16_AT_rice.edu), Duncan Hall 2108

PREREQUISITES:

MATH 212 and CAAM 210. Less formally: you should be familiar with multivariable calculus and elementary matrix manipulations (matrix addition and multiplication, Gaussian elimination), and be able to write MATLAB programs.

GRADING:

40% problem sets, 60% exams (Class participation and improving performance on the exams will be considered when assigning borderline grades.)

PROBLEM SETS:

Problem sets will be assigned roughly once a week. You may collaborate on the problems, but your write-up must be your own independent work. Transcribed solutions are unacceptable; you may not consult solutions from previous sections of this class. Papers on each set will be randomly distributed to individual graders to average out variability in grading.

LATE POLICY:

You may turn in two problem sets one class period late without penalty. Subsequent late assignments will be penalized 20% each. Homework will not be accepted more than one class period late without a written excuse. This implies that you may not use two `lates' on one assignment.

EXAMS:

Three take-home, timed, closed-book exams will each account for 20% of the final grade. Each exam must be your individual, unassisted effort; indicate compliance by writing out in full and signing the traditional pledge. Late exams will not be accepted without a written excuse.

COURSE NOTES:

Matrix Analysis by Steve Cox (available in pdf and as a course pack from the bookstore) and
Supplemental notes by Matthias Heinkenschloss (available as a pdf file).
Visit the lectures page before and after each class.

SYLLABUS:

pdf file

OWLSPACE:

Announcements and grades will be posted to Owlspace.

RECOMMENDED
READING

Carl Meyer, Applied Matrix Analysis and Linear Algebra
Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Gilbert Strang, Introduction to Applied Mathematics
Ray M. Bowen, Lectures on Applied Mathematics Part 1: Linear Algebra
Lars Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, 3rd ed.
R. V. Churchill and J. W. Brown, Complex Variables and Applicatons

MATLAB:

D. J. Higham and N. J. Higham, MATLAB Guide, 2nd ed.
Getting Started with MATLAB from MathWorks


Any student with a disability requiring accommodation in this course is encouraged
to contact the instructor during the first week of class, and also to contact
Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.