Syllabus for Matrices and Linear Algebra I

Review Session

Fuller Labs Perreault Hall Upper-4:00 to 5:00pm

Quiz 1 Solutions

Quiz 2 Solutions

Quiz 3 Solutions

Quiz 4 Solutions

Quiz 5 Solved in class

Quiz 6 Solutions

Lecture:

MT-RF 12:00-12:50 OH107

Conferences: 

20173 C01 --W-- 12:00 -12:50  SH106  Carrasquillo
20174 C02 --W--  1:00 - 1:50  SH106  Andrei
20175 C03 --W--  2:00 - 2:50  SH106  Carrasquillo
20176 C04 --W--  3:00 - 3:50  SH106  Carrasquillo
20131 C05 --W-- 10:00 -10:50  SH106  Holmes

Text:

Linear Algebra and Its Applications, David Lay, 4'th edition. (Third edition is probably also fine. The exercises should be taken from the fourth edition.)

Instructor:

Herman Servatius (hservat)
Office Hours: TR - 1:00 - ... SH305 C

Assistants:

TA:  Lillian Carrasquillo              (lmcarrasquillo)

PLA: Stefan Mihnea        (mihnea.andrei)
     Andrew Holmes        (andholmes)

Syllabus

This course provides a study of computational techniques of matrix algebra and an introduction to vector spaces.

Topics covered include: matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, least squares, vector spaces, inner products, and introduction to numerical techniques, and applications of linear algebra.

Weekly schedule:


Monday: Quiz Returned
Tuesday: Homework Collected
Wednesday: Conference
Thursday: Homework Returned
Friday: Weekly Quiz - Designed to take about 20 minutes in class.

Grading Plan

There will be a quiz each Friday.

Each quizzes counts for 10% of your grade.

The lowest quiz is not dropped.

The homework altogether counts for 10%

There will one final exam.

Any missed quizzes will increase proportionately the amount of your grade allotted to the final exam. There are no makeup quizzes and there is no penalty for a missed quizzes.

Tentative Text Plan

For reading it is valuable to read at least a couple sections beyond what has been covered in class. To help you do this, the order of the sections presented is as follows. 
Chapter 1.  Sections  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10
Chapter 2.  Sections  1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8,  9
Chapter 6.  Sections  1,  2,  4,  5
Chapter 3.  Sections  1,  2,  3
Homework
Exercises from the text: You should do all exercises list below as they are assigned in class. Homework may be turned in for grading on Tuesdays.

You should always attempt the practice problems. The solutions to the practice problems are given in full at the end of the problem sections. 

Chapter 1:
   Section  1 -  1,  2,  5,  6, 17, 18, 23, 24
   Section  2 -  1,  2, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26
   Section  3 -  1,  2,  5,  6, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
   Section  4 -  5,  6,  9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30
   Section  5 -  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23, 24, 27, 28, 35, 36
   Section  6 - 11, 12, 13, 14
   Section  7 -  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  8, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32
   Section  8 -  3,  4,  7,  8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35, 36
   Section  9 -  1,  2,  7,  8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 31, 32
   Section 10 -  7,  8,  9, 10
Chapter 2:
   Section  1 -  1,  2,  9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30
   Section  2 -  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22
   Section  3 -  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 27, 28, 33, 34, 36, 37
   Section  7 -  1,  2,  3,  4,  7,  8, 15, 16, 17, 18
   Section  8 -  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28
   Section  9 -  1,  2,  7,  8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18
Chapter 6:
   Section  1 -  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28
   Section  2 -  3,  6,  9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28
   Section  3 -  1,  2, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24
   Section  4 -  1,  2,  5,  6,  9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
   Section  5 -  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 17, 18
Chapter 3:
   Section  1 -  1,  2,  5,  6, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 39, 40
   Section  2 -  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  8, 24, 25, 27, 28,
   Section  3 -  1,  2,  3,  4,  9, 10, 23, 24