Module description
The Linear Algebra I module introduces the concept of a vector space and the notion of a linear mapping. Vector spaces are first examples of abstract spaces, which are of central importance in modern mathematics. You will therefore encounter the ideas and concepts of linear algebra in many other modules.
Contact
Lecturer: Thomas Mettler
Assistant: Micha Wasem
Schedule
On Wednesday evenings, at 18:30 there is an exercise session on Zoom
https://fernuni.zoom.us/my/micha.wasem
which is run by the course assistant. During the exercise session you can ask questions, help will be given for the current exercise sheet and the solutions of the previous exercise sheet will be discussed. The exercise session will be recorded and made available on switchTUBE, should you not be able to attend. The exercise sheet will then be handed in the following Monday no later than 10am, by upload on moodle.
Five times per semester, there is an interactive lecture on Zoom given by Thomas Mettler.
https://fernuni.zoom.us/my/thomas.mettler
A tabular overview of the course schedule is as follows:
| Study Week | Dates | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28/8-1/9 | Begin course |
| 2 | 4/9-8/9 | Ex. Sheet 1 online, Ex. Session 1 |
| 3 | 11/9-15/9 | Ex. Sheet 2 online, Ex. Sheet 1 due, Ex. Session 2 |
| 16/9 | Lecture 1 | |
| 4 | 18/9-22/9 | Ex. Sheet 3 online, Ex. Sheet 2 due, Ex. Session 3 |
| 5 | 25/9-29/9 | Ex. Sheet 4 online, Ex. Sheet 3 due, Ex. Session 4 |
| 6 | 2/10-6/10 | Ex. Sheet 5 online, Ex. Sheet 4 due, Ex. Session 5 |
| 7/10 | Lecture 2 | |
| 7 | 9/10-13/10 | Ex. Sheet 6 online, Ex. Sheet 5 due, Ex. Session 6 |
| 8 | 16/10-20/10 | Ex. Sheet 7 online, Ex. Sheet 6 due, Ex. Session 7 |
| 9 | 23/10-27/10 | Ex. Sheet 8 online, Ex. Sheet 7 due, Ex. Session 8 |
| 28/10 | Lecture 3 | |
| 30/10-3/11 | Break | |
| 10 | 6/11-10/11 | Ex. Sheet 9 online, Ex. Sheet 8 due, Ex. Session 9 |
| 11 | 13/11-17/11 | Ex. Sheet 10 online, Ex. Sheet 9 due, Ex. Session 10 |
| 18/11 | Lecture 4 | |
| 12 | 20/11-24/11 | Ex. Sheet 11 online, Ex. Sheet 10 due, Ex. Session 11 |
| 13 | 27/11-1/12 | Ex. Sheet 12 online, Ex. Sheet 11 due, Ex. Session 12 |
| 14 | 4/12-8/12 | Ex. Sheet 12 due, Ex. Session 13 |
| 9/12 | Lecture 5 |
Grading & Exam
The exam takes place 27 January 2024 online on Zoom.
Condition for the admission to the examination is that 75% of all exercise sheets (that is, 9 out of 12) are meaningfully worked on. This can be achieved by solving exercises correctly, but also by demonstrating a recognisable effort in trying to solve the exercises. Generally speaking, don't worry about the admission to the exam. We will certainly be generous when assessing whether an exercise sheet has been meaningfully worked on.
Each exercise is graded with 0 to 3 points. The nine exercise sheets with the highest points will amount for 20% of your final grade. The remaining 80% are determined through an oral exam.
During the oral exam you are expected to demonstrate intimate knowledge of all the material presented in the lecture notes, videos and exercise sheets. For instance, you may be asked to state a definition or theorem, give the details of a proof or carry out a calculation, typically all of the above. The oral examination will last a minimum of twenty minutes, but may continue until an accurate grade can be assigned. The overall duration of the oral examination will not exceed thirty minutes. Please make sure to have a computer or tablet ready where you can write something down and share your screen.
Moodle Page
https://moodle.fernuni.ch/course/view.php?id=3265
Last Update: Fri 30 August 2024 - 11:55