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MTH 3060 -- Linear Algebra -- Fall 2008 -- course schedule
last updated 11.20.2008
(check back frequently for updates)
| date [class number] | agenda |
practice homework and resources (announced in class, then posted here) |
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| (T 8/26) [1] |
review syllabus, classweb "What is Linear Algebra?" (see Beezer, page 3) |
Reading Questions (page 7), Exercises C10, M70 (page 8) |
| (H 8/28) [2] | Solving Systems of Linear Equations (see Beezer, page 11) | Reading Questions (page 19), Exercises C10, C20 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C50-C52, M10, M11, M13, M30, M40 (pages 20-21) |
| (T 9/2) [3] | Reduced Row-Echelon Form (see Beezer, page 27) | Reading Questions (page 42), Exercises C05 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C10-C15, M50 (pages 43-46) |
| (H 9/4) [4] |
First homework set assigned Reduced Row-Echelon Form (continued) |
 Linear Algebra Toolkit
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| (T 9/9) [5] | Types of Solution Sets (see Beezer, page 53) | Reading Questions (page 60), Exercises C10, M45, M51-M54, M56, M57, M60 (A,B,C,D,G,H), T10 (page 61) |
| (H 9/11) [6] |
First homework set due Types of Solution Sets (continued) Homogeneous Systems of Equations (see Beezer, page 65) Q1 = (WILA,SSLE,RREF,TSS) |
Reading Questions (page 69), Exercises C10 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C20, C30, C31, M45 (A,B,C,D,G,H), M50-M52, T10, T20 (pages 70-71) |
| (T 9/16) [7] |
Homogeneous Systems of Equations (continued) Nonsingular Matrices (see Beezer, page 75) Introduction to Matlab |
Reading Questions (page 79), Exercises C30-C33, C40 (A,B), C50, M30, M51, M52 (pages 80-81) |
| (H 9/18) [8] |
Nonsingular Matrices (continued) Vector Operations (see Beezer, page 89) Linear Combinations (see Beezer, page 97) |
Reading Questions (page 93), Exercise C10 (page 94) Reading Questions (page 115), Exercises C21 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C22 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C40, C41, M10 (pages 115-116) |
| (T 9/23) [9] |
Second homework set assigned Linear Combinations (continued) |
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| (H 9/25) [10] |
Linear Combinations (continued) Q2 = (HSE,NM,VO,LC) |
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| (T 9/30) [11] |
Second homework set due Spanning Sets (see Beezer, page 119) |
Reading Questions (page 129), Exercises C22 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C40-C45, T10 (pages 130-131) Matlab file
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| (H 10/2) [12] |
Spanning Sets (continued) Linear Independence (see Beezer, page 139) |
Reading Questions (page 148), Exercises C20-C25, C31, C32, C50 (A,B,C,D,G,H), C52 (A,B,C,D,G,H), T15, T20 (pages 149-152) |
| (T 10/7) [13] |
Linear Independence (continued) Linear Dependence and Spans (see Beezer, page 159) |
Reading Questions (page 168), Exercises C20, C50, C52, C55, T40 (pages 169-170) |
| (H 10/9) [14] | Linear Dependence and Spans (continued) | |
| (T 10/14) [15] |
mid-semester Linear Dependence and Spans (continued) Matrix Operations (see Beezer, page 191) |
Matlab diary for LDS Reading Questions (page 199), Exercises M21-M25 (pages 200-201) |
| (H 10/16) [16] |
Third homework set assigned Matrix Multiplication (see Beezer, page 203) |
Reading Questions (page 215), Exercises C20, T50 (page 216) |
| (T 10/21) [17] |
Q3 (moved from Tuesday 10/21/8 to Tuesday 10/28/8) Matrix Inverses and Systems of Linear Equations (see Beezer, page 221) |
Reading Questions (page 230), Exercises C21-C28, C40-C42, T10 (pages 231-232) |
| (H 10/23) [18] |
Third homework set due Matrix Inverses and Systems of Linear Equations (continued) Matrix Inverses and Nonsingular Matrices (see Beezer, page 235) |
Reading Questions (page 241), Exercise C40 (page 243) |
| (T 10/28) [19] |
Q3 (originally scheduled for Tuesday 10/21/8) Matrix Inverses and Nonsingular Matrices (continued) Column and Row Spaces (see Beezer, page 245) |
Reading Questions (page 257), Exercises C30, C31, C33, C35 (pages 258-259) |
| (H 10/30) [20] |
Column and Row Spaces (continued) Four Subsets (see Beezer, page 267) |
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| (T 11/4) [21] |
Last day to withdraw
Vector Spaces (see Beezer, page 291)
Subspaces (see Beezer, page 303) |
Reading Questions (page 301), Exercises M10, T10 (page 302) Reading Questions (page 316), Exercises C20, C21, C25, M20 (page 317) |
| (H 11/6) [22] | Linear Independence and Spanning Sets (see Beezer, page 321) | Reading Questions (page 331), Exercises C20-C23, C40-C42 (page 332) |
| (T 11/11) [23] |
Fourth homework set assigned Linear Independence and Spanning Sets (continued) Bases (see Beezer, page 339) |
Reading Questions 1-2 (page 350), Exercise C80 (page 381) |
| Math Club Speaker! Ray Greenwell (Hofstra University) will speak about "Magic and Math" at 6:30pm in the Aquinas Piano Lounge. Refreshments will be served. |
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| (H 11/13) [24] |
Dimension (see Beezer, page 355) Q4 = (VS,S,LISS,B) |
Reading Questions 1-2 (page 364), Exercise C30, C31, M21 (pages 365-366) |
| (T 11/18) [25] |
Fourth homework set due Dimensions (continued) |
Matlab diary
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| (H 11/20) [26] |
Determinants (Beezer?) Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (see Beezer, page 413) Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (continued) |
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| (T 11/25) [27] |
Markov Chains Linear Transformations (see Beezer, page 473) |
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| (W 11/26 - F 11/28) | Thanksgiving break (no classes) |
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| (T 12/2) [28] |
Fifth homework set due at the final exam Linear Transformations (continued) |
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| (H 12/4) [29] | Q5 = (?!) | |
| (T 12/9) |
reading day Question and answer session, 10-11am, Aquinas 311 |
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| (W 12/10) |
Final exam 9am, Aquinas 309 (changed from Aquinas 311) |
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