2025-Spring Applied Linear Algebra (MATH203-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. MATH203 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 09:30 ~ 10:45 / MathBldg[402]Lecture Room | THU / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / Hogil Kim Bldg[308]Lecture Room | THU / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / Hogil Kim Bldg[307]Lecture Room | THU / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / Hogil Kim Bldg[306]Lecture Room Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Sungmun Cho Name Sungmun Cho Department Dept. of Mathematics
Email address sungmuncho@postech.ac.kr Homepage
Office Office Phone 054-279-2045
Office Hours By appointment

3. Course Objectives

Covered topics include: systems of linear equations, matrices, vector spaces, eigenvalues & eigenvectors, differential equations, and quadratic forms.

4. Prerequisites & require

None

5. Grading

Quizzes (20% ) / Midterm exam (35%) / Final exam (45%)
(One lowest score of quiz will be dropped. This is applicable only for 1 quiz.)
(More than 1/4 absences of the lectures will result in an automatic F grade.)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN
Linear Algebra and its Applications, 4th edition (International Student Edition) Gilbert Strang Brooks/Cole 2006 0-534-42200-4

7. Course References

8. Course Plan

• week 1-2: Chap. 1
• week 3-5: Chap. 2 (except for 2.5)
• week 6-7: Chap. 3 (except for 3.5)
• week 8: Midterm
• week 9-10: Chap. 4
• week 11-13: Chap. 5
• week 14-15: Chap. 6 (6.1-6.3)
• week 16: Final

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

HW:

1.3 / 12,13,21,22,23,25,27,28,32

1.4 / 2,5,6,7,9,16,17,18,19,20,21,27,28,29,35,36,39,40,45,46,47,48,53,58

1.5 / 4,7,9,10,11,12,17,18,19,21,23,25,29,31,32,42,44

1.6 / 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13a,14,16,18,20,21,23,25,28,29,31,32,36,37,38,39,41,49,50,51,52,54,56,57,59,60

2.1 / 2,3,4,5,6b,7,8,10,11,18,19,20,22,24,25,26,27,28,29

2.2 / 2,3,4,5,6,8,12,21,26,27,29,30,34,35,36,40,41,43,45,49,54,56

2.3 / 3,4,7,8,9,15,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,37,41,45

2.4 / 1,2,3,6,8,9,10,13,15,16,17,23,27

2.6 / 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,11,12,14,18,19,20,21,24,25,26,27,30,31,35,38,42,47,48,50

3.1 / 2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10(typo: R^2->R^3),11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,24,25,26,27,28,31,33,34,35,36,38,39,40,41,44,45,47

3.2 / 2,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,17b,19,20,22,25

3.3 / 1,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,26

3.4 / 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,20,23,28,30,32

4.2 / 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,13,16,18,19,21,23,26,27,28,29

4.3 / 1,3-4,11,13,14,20,24,27,35a,b,42

4.4 / 1,2a,5,7,14,18,20,21,27,29,32,34,35

5.1 / 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,15,16,18,19,20,22,23,24,25,27,28,30,31,38

5.2 / 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,17,20,22,23,24,26,27,36,38,39,40,41,42

5.3 / 1,6,8,9,10,12,20,24,25,27,28

5.4 / 1,2,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,16,19,21,23,25,30,35,36,37,38,39(typo:36->35),40,41,43

5.5 / 4,7,9,15,19,20,22,25,26,30,31,32,33,34,35,39,41,42,43,44,50

5.6 / 1,2,4,8,11,12,16,19,20,23,28,31,32,33,37; Appendix B / 2,4,5,6

6.1 / 2,3,5,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17(pay special attention to whether columns are linearly independent),18,20,21,22

6.2 / 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,16,19,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,30,31,32,34,36

6.3 / 1(A is given in (b)),2,3,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,16,18,19,20,22,23

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance