Textbook: Spence, Insel and Friedberg Elementary Linear Algebra: A Matrix Approach Prentice-Hall (ISBN 0-137-16722-9) Date Chapter.Section/Topics (Suggested Problems) M May 14 1.1-1.3 linear systems; elementary operations p.9: #8,46; p.21: #4,16 W 16 1.4 Gaussian elimination; rank and nullity p.34: #29,30; p.47: #4,14,31 F 18 1.6-1.7 spans; linear independence p.66: #6,18; p.77: #4,15,29,38 M 21 2.1 matrix multiplication; block matrices p.96: #26,37 W 23 2.3 elementary matrices pp.123-4: #10,11,14,16 F 25 2.4 GJR algorithm for matrix inverse p.133: #18,26 M 28 *** holiday no class *** W 30 matrix equivalence and rank p.125: #41,42,43,44 F June 1 2.6 linear transformations p.158: #10,27,28 M 4 2.7 composition of linear transformations p.169: #18,36 W 6 *** first examination *** (closed books) F 8 3.1 determinants p.184: #18,26 M 11 3.2 properties of determinants p.195: #33,45 W 13 4.1 subspaces; null spaces (progress report due) p.208: #8,16 F 15 4.2 bases and dimension p.218: #12,18 M 18 4.3 rank and nullity as dimensions p.226: #13,16 W 20 4.4 coordinate transformations p.236: #14 F 22 4.5 matrix of a linear transformation p.245: #18 (Final drop date) M 25 5.1 eigenvalues and eigenvectors p.257: #17,24 W 27 5.2 characteristic polynomial p.267: #20,22 F 29 5.3 diagonalization p.281: #22,28 M July 2 5.4 similarity p.289: #20,24 W 4 *** holiday no class *** F 6 applications of diagonalization M 9 *** second examination *** W 11 6.1 inner products p.320: #10,49 F 13 6.2 orthogonal complements p.334: #19 M 16 6.3 orthogonal projections p.342: #3,5 W 18 6.3 least squares p.343: #20,24 F 20 6.4 orthogonal matrices and rotations pp.352-3: #5,9,29 M 23 6.5 quadratic forms p.362: #6,11 W 25 6.5 symmetric matrices p.362: #14,18 F 27 Review for final (Last day of classes) *** Final exam: Tuesday 2007 July 31 at 8:00-10:50 a.m. in Skiles 243. ***
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