MA351 Sec. 1 and 5, Spring 2011

This is the course website for MA351 Sections 1 and 5, Spring 2011 with instructor Caleb Eckhardt

Useful Documents

  1. The syllabus for our course.
  2. This is a list of definitions and theorems(includes through lecture on April 25) it will be updated (if necessary) after each lecture. If you see an error on this sheet, no matter how minor, please send me an email so I can correct it.

Exam Stuff

  • Our final exam is Friday, May 6th from 7-9PM in ARMS 1010. Here are some Review Questions for the final exam.
  • Solutions to Exam 2. (Both Sections)
  • Exam 2 will be on Friday, Apr. 22nd in class. It will cover everything we've done in lecture from the last exam until Monday, Apr. 18th.
  • As with the last exam, the best thing you can do to prepare for exam 2 is to make sure you understand every problem from HW that has been assigned. This is everything from HW13 until the last assignment. After you've gone back over all these assignments and understand everything so well that you could easily explain it to a fellow classmate and you still are itching to do some calculations you are welcome to try the following problems: Sec. 4.2 #1-64, Sec. 4.3 #1-53, Sec. 7.2 #1-25 and Sec. 7.3 # 1-29. Notice that there are topics covered in the HW assignments that are not covered in Sec. 4.2,4.3,7.2,7.3.
  • Solutions to Exam 1. (Both Sections)
  • Exam 1 will be on Monday, Feb. 28th in class. It will cover everything we've done in lecture from the first day until Feb. 23. This will roughly correspond to Chapters 1-3 in the textbook.
  • We will review in class half of Wednesday and all of Friday. This means that you ask any questions if you have them, and if you don't I'll ask you some questions. In order to prepare for the exam you should (i) Go back and make sure you understand every HW problem I've assigned. Do the same thing with the quizzes (for both classes). Then, if you still want to think about linear algebra, you can try some of the following problems: Page 33: 1-5,17,19,29,35,37. Page 52: 5,7,41: Page 66: 26c,31,43: Page 77: 1-13: Page 89: 32,33: Page 110: 1-15, 33: Page 122: 27-33,39,43,45,49,51: Page 134: 29,31,35-39

    Quizzes

    Quiz Guidelines

  • You will be given 20-30 minutes for each quiz. The quiz will take place at the end of lecture on the specified date. The form of quizzes may be different than exams/HW. Typically, I will ask you to (i) define a term or terms from lecture and then to (ii) use this definition to answer a question.

    • Quiz dates and Solutions

    1. Quiz 5 will be on Wednesday, Apr. 27. This quiz is optional and (i) You are free to use your notes (ii) It will replace your lowest quiz score. It will cover ideas from HW18.
    2. Quiz 4 will be on Wednesday, Apr. 6. Solutions to Both 9:30 and 2:30 Quiz.
    3. Quiz 3 will be on Monday, Mar. 21. Solutions to Both 9:30 and 2:30 Quiz.
    4. Quiz 2 will be on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Solutions to Both 9:30 and 2:30 Quiz.
    5. Quiz 1 will be on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Solutions to 9:30 Quiz and 2:30 Quiz

    Homework


    Put your name and meeting time at the top of each assignment

    Assignments


    Solutions to HW 18.
    Solutions to HW 16 and 17.
    Solutions to HW 15.
    Solutions to HW 14.
    Solutions to HW 13.
    Solutions to HW 11-12.
    Solutions to HW 10.
    Solutions to HW 9.
    Solutions to HW 8.
    Solutions to HW 6-7.
    Solutions to HW 3-5.
    1. Homework 18.
      Not to turn in, but the ideas will be on the final and quiz 5.
    2. Page 327-8: 8,14,18,20.
      Due Wednesday, Apr. 20.
    3. Homework 17.
      Due Wednesday, Apr. 20.
    4. Homework 16.
      Due Wednesday, Apr. 20.
    5. Page 259, 1-10 and Page 273, 1-10. You don't have to turn these in, but you do have to make sure that you can do them all. If you can't easily calculate determinants, then the next exam and final won't be much fun for you.
    6. Homework 15.
      Due Friday, Apr. 8.
    7. Page 181-182, # 12,28,44a,46a,c.
      Due Friday, Apr. 8.
    8. Page 170-71, # 6,8,10,22,26,30,52,56.
      Due Friday, Apr. 1.
    9. Homework 14.
      Due Friday, Apr. 1.
    10. Homework 13.
      Due Wednesday, Mar. 23.
    11. Homework 12.
      Due Wednesday, Mar. 9.
    12. Homework 11.
      Due Wednesday, Mar. 9.
    13. Page 88: 6,8,10.
      Due Wednesday, Mar. 9.
    14. Homework 10.
      Due Friday, Feb. 25.
    15. Homework 9. (Skip Problem 4b)
      Due Friday, Feb. 18.
    16. Page 133: 12,18,23,27,28(For 12 & 18 just find a basis for the kernel and range of each operator. If you're in the 9:30 class you may want to wait until after class on Monday when we do some examples of finding a basis for the range of an operator).
      Due Friday, Feb. 18
    17. Pages 121-122: 1-20, 52.
      Not to be turned in, just for extra practice.
    18. Homework 8. (Minor typo on 2a corrected, m was changed to n in the sum)
      Due Friday, Feb. 11
    19. Homework 7.
      Due Monday, Feb. 7.
    20. Homework 6.
      Due Monday, Feb. 7.
    21. Homework 5.(minor typo fixed in number 3).
      Due Wednesday, Jan. 26.
    22. Homework 4.
      Due Wednesday, Jan. 26.
    23. Homework 3.
      Due Wednesday, Jan. 26.
    24. Page 5:7,8,18. Page 18: 6,8.
      Due Wednesday, Jan. 19.
    25. Page 5:2,10,12. Read our course syllabus.
      Due Wednesday, Jan. 19.