Learning Guide MATEAB2 2023

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
LEARNING GUIDE
MODULE: ENGINEERING LINEAR ALGEBRA B
CODE: MATEAB2 (MAT0AB2)
DEPARTMENT of PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Prof. Farai Nyabadza
COMPILER OF LEARNING GUIDE

Dr. E. J. Joubert and Dr. W. Morton
July 2023
CONTENT
1.1. HOW TO USE THIS LEARNING GUIDE?

This guide provides information on the content and practical arrangements of the course.
Please study it carefully. The other primary source of information is the U-link web page
associated with the course. It is your duty to make sure that you have access to U-link
page and login to it on a regular basis.
NB: It will be assumed that all students are aware of all course related matters as
announced on the U-link course website. It is therefore of cardinal importance that you
visit the site regularly.
1.2. CONTACTING THE LECTURERS

If you have a question at any time, please email [email protected] or [email protected]
When contacting your lecturer by email please include the following:
• a short description of your query in the subject line,
• a polite greeting,
• your query (written in full sentences with correct punctuation),
• your name and student number at the end of the email.
1.3. DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION
Secretary Mrs E. van der Linden

Office C Ring 524
Hours 09:00 – 14:00
Telephone 011 559 4287
E-mail [email protected]
2. THE LECTURER
2.1. NAME OF LECTURERS
Dr. E. J. Joubert
Contact Information:
Office number: C-Ring 517, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Telephone number: 011 559 3762
Fax number: 011 559 2874
E-mail address: [email protected]
Consultation times: Wednesdays 10:30 – 12:05, Fridays 09:40 -11:15
Dr. W. Morton
Contact Information:
Office number: C Ring 522, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Telephone number: 011 559 3828
Fax number: 011 559 2874
E-mail address: [email protected]
Consultation times: Wednesdays 13:50 – 15:25, Fridays 09:40 -11:15
2.2. SCHEDULED LECTURES
All classes and tutorials will be hosted in person on campus this semester. The contact
sessions may be used for lectures or tutorials, depending on what is needed at the time.
Video content covering the theory will be posted with a week’s delay.
Group 1:
Monday: 13:50 – 15:30 D1 LAB K11
Wednesday: 13:00 – 13:45 CL 201
Friday: 08:50 – 09:35 CL 201
Group 2:
Tuesday: 14:40 – 16:15 D1 LAB K12
Wednesday: 09:40 – 10:25 DL 201
Friday: 08:50 – 09:35 DL 105
3. GENERAL INFORMATION on MODULE
3.1. NQF LEVEL: 7
3.2. NQF CREDITS: 7.5
3.3. TYPE OF MODULE: Semester course (presented in the second semester)
3.4. DURATION OF MODULE IN WEEKS: 14
3.5. LANGUAGE OF DELIVERY: English
4. PURPOSE OF THE MODULE
The primary purpose of this module as an integral part of the Engineering is to:
o Provide the students with a well-rounded and broad education that equips them with the
mathematical knowledge base, theory and methodology of disciplines that could serve as a
basis for entry into the mathematically orientated labor market, professional training and
practice and postgraduate studies.
o Enable the students to demonstrate initiative and responsibility in engineering
5. PREREQUISITES
MAT0AA2/MATEAA2, ASME2A2, MAT2A20, ASMA2A2

6. MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
On completion of this learning event, the student should be able to:

 Utilize the basic theoretical concepts underlying Linear Algebra.
 Utilize the concepts of orthogonality.
 Apply concepts on vector spaces and subspaces.
 Determine eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a given matrix.
 Utilize the theory of linear transformations.
 Utilize the theory of inner product spaces.
 Apply the theory of vector spaces and inner product spaces to solve related
problems.
7. ASSESSMENT
The assessment opportunities for MATEAB2 will consists of two semester tests, two class tests
and two to four online quizzes.The semester tests and class tests will be conducted in person on
campus. The online assessment platform, WeBWork, will be used to conduct online quizzes.
ALL assessments will contribute towards the semester mark.
Schedule of semester tests:

Semester test 1 Saturday, 19 August 2023 Time and venue to be confirmed.
Semester test 2 Monday, 2 October 2023 Time and venue to be confirmed.
Schedule of class tests:

Class test 1 Friday, 1 September 2023 Groups 1 and 2:
08:50 – 09:35, DL105 and CL 201
Class test 2 Wednesday, 11 October 2023 Group 1: 09:40 – 10:25, DL 201
Group 2: 13:00 – 13:45, CL 201
WeBWorK:
The link to the 2023 MATEAB2 WeBWorK platform will be posted on BlackBoard in the last
week of July. The first online quiz will only be posted in August. Your username is your student
number and to start with your password is also your student number. You should change your
password when you log in for the first time.
7.1 DEFERRED TEST
If a student cannot write any semester test due to illness or other legitimate reason, (s)he will
have the chance to write a deferred test. Every student admitted to the deferred test shall write a
test covering the scope of the test (s)he has missed. A student can only obtain permission to
write the deferred test by (a) providing a medical certificate for the particular test date; and (b)
completing a deferred test application form which will be made available on U-link. This
documentation must be presented within one week of the missed semester test. A busy test
schedule is not an excuse for missing a semester test. The deferred test is not a
supplementary test for students who fail a semester test. No exceptions will be made to these
rules.
Schedule of sick tests:

Sick test 1 Friday, 1 September 2023 Time and venue to be confirmed.
Sick test 2 Saturday, 14 October 2023 Time and venue to be confirmed.
There will be no deferred (sick) tests for class tests. If you have a valid excuse (please see
above) for missing a class test, your semester mark will be computed without using the missed
class test mark.
7.2 PASS REQUIREMENTS
Composition of semester mark Semester tests: 40 – 50% each

(approximate) (combined 80 – 100%)
Average of the class tests and WeBWork
assignments: 0% – 20%
(Subject to change)
Composition of final mark Semester mark: 50%
Exam mark: 50%
Pass requirements A final mark of at least 50% and an exam mark of no
less than 40% is required to pass the module.
8. SUPPORT RESOURCES
8.1. TEXTBOOKS
8.1.1. Prescribed book
Elementary Linear Algebra – with supplemental applications,
11th Edition
Howard Anton and Chris Rorres, Wiley
ISBN 978-1-118-67745-2
8.2. TUTORS
Tutors are available in the Mathematics Learning Centre on Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 until
16:00.
8. TUTORIALS
As we complete sections, tutorial questions that cover these sections will be posted on U-link. It
is very important that you do these questions and stay up to date. Contact session will then be
used to conduct in-class tutorials during which the solutions to these and other problems will be
covered.
9 TABLE OF CONTENT OF MODULE
Chapter 4 – General vector spaces

4.5 – Dimension
4.6 – Change of basis
4.7 – Row space, column space and null space
4.8 – Rank, nullity and the fundamental matrix spaces
4.9 – Matrix transformations form Rn to Rm
4.10 – Properties of matrix transformations
4.11 – Geometry of matrix operators on R2
Chapter 5 – Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
5.1 – Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
5.2 – Diagonalization
5.3 – Complex vector spaces
5.4 – Differential equations
Chapter 6 – Inner product spaces

6.1 – Inner products
6.2 – Angle and orthogonality in inner product spaces
6.3 – Gram-Schmidt process; QR-Decomposition
6.4 – Best approximation; Least squares
Chapter 7 – Diagonalization and quadratic forms

7.1 – Orthogonal matrices
7.2 – Orthogonal diagonalization
7.3 – Quadratic forms
7.5 – Hermitian, Unitary, and Normal matrices
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TIMETABLE:
Any clashes in your timetable must be brought to the attention of your lecturer within the first
two weeks of the semester. Pay special attention to the schedule of the semester tests.
(Please take note that there is only a clash with semester test if they are scheduled for the
same time on the same date – not merely on the same day.)
MARKED TESTS:
Keep your tests in a safe place should there be any dispute regarding your semester marks.
Please note that you have 7 working days, from the release of a semester test, to query
the marking or adding of a script. No late queries will be considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM:
You are not automatically allowed to write a supplementary exam. The exam committee of the
Faculty where you are registered carefully analyses the results of each student when deciding
who is allowed to write the supplementary exam.

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FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT of PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

COMPILER OF LEARNING GUIDE

1.1. HOW TO USE THIS LEARNING GUIDE?

1.2. CONTACTING THE LECTURERS

1.3. DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION

Secretary Mrs E. van der Linden

2.1. NAME OF LECTURERS

3. GENERAL INFORMATION on MODULE

3.1. NQF LEVEL: 7

3.2. NQF CREDITS: 7.5

3.3. TYPE OF MODULE: Semester course (presented in the second semester)

3.4. DURATION OF MODULE IN WEEKS: 14

3.5. LANGUAGE OF DELIVERY: English

4. PURPOSE OF THE MODULE

MAT0AA2/MATEAA2, ASME2A2, MAT2A20, ASMA2A2

On completion of this learning event, the student should be able to:

Schedule of semester tests:

Schedule of class tests:

7.1 DEFERRED TEST

Schedule of sick tests:

7.2 PASS REQUIREMENTS

Composition of semester mark Semester tests: 40 – 50% each

9 TABLE OF CONTENT OF MODULE

Chapter 4 – General vector spaces

Chapter 6 – Inner product spaces

Chapter 7 – Diagonalization and quadratic forms

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