Informations for students F. Baudoin MA351
Informations for
Students
MA 351: Elementary Linear Algebra
(Fall 2009)
Syllabus
Monday, Wednesday,
Friday 9.30-10.20, REC 313
Office
Hours: Monday 11-12am or Friday 11-12am in MATH 438
Text book: Linear
Algebra with Applications, Otto Bretscher, 4th Edition
Course outline: The
number of lectures spent on each chapter (listed in parentheses) is
only given as an indication.
- Chapter 1: Linear
equations (4-5 lectures)
- Chapter 2: Linear
transformation (7-8 lectures)
- Chapter 3: Subspaces
(7-8 lectures)
- Chapter 4: Vector spaces
(7-8 lectures)
- Chapter 6: Determinants
(5-6 lectures)
- Chapter 7.1 to 7.4: Eigenvalues
and eigenvectors (4-5 lectures)
Midterm exams: Two Midterm Exams will be given. These exams
will cover all material seen in class up to and including a week before
each exam.
In the event of a major campus
emergency, course requirements,
deadlines and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be
necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances.
Informations concerning this course shall be found on this webpage.
Homeworks: Weekly homework
assignments will be due most Wednesdays. You are encouraged to discuss
the assignments
with other students on the blog but you must write up your homework
independently.
2008 Final
exam
Revisions
for the final exam: Chapters 1-2
Revisions
for the final exam: Chapters 3-4
Revisions
for the final exam: Chapters 5-6
Homeworks
Blog
HW 1 due on Wednesday 2 September: Chapter
1.1 Exercises 3, 7, 12, 17, 18, 47
HW 2 due on Wednesday 9 September: Chapter
1.2 Exercises 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 18, 41 Chapter 1.3 Exercises 1,
2,
3, 4
HW3 due on Wednesday 16 September: Chapter 1.3 Exercises
13,14,15,16,17,18,19
Chapter 2.1 Exercises 4,6,24,26,28
HW4 due on Wednesday 23 September: Chapter
2.1 Exercises 8,15,16,39,44 Chapter 2.2 Exercises 1,2, 26 (a,b,c,e),
HW5 due on Wednesday 30 September: Chapter
2.3 Exercises 1,4,5,6,7,8, 29,33,35
HW6 due on Wednesday 14 October: Chapter
2.4 Exercises 2,6,7,16,17,18,25 Chapter 3.1 1,7,8,23,24
HW7 due on Wednesday 21 October: Chapter
3.2 Exercises 1,2,3,27,28,29,30,31,48
HW8 due on Wednesay 28 October: Chapter
3.3 Exercises 21,22,28,29,30 Chapter 3.4 Exercises 1,2,3,4,5, 19,20,21 (for the exercises 19,20,21 use only the
method (a))
HW9 due on Wednesay 4
November: Chapter 4.1 Exercises 2, 4,23,24,27,28,29,30,31,32,33
HW10 due on Wednesday 11
November: Chapter 4.3 Exercises 1,2,3,12,13,14,39,40
HW11 due on Monday 23
November: Chapter 6.1 Exercises 2,3,5,8,18,42 Chapter 6.2
Exercise 30
HW12 due on Wednesday 2 December: Chapter
6.3 1,2,3,22,23,24 Chapter 7.1 Exercises 12,13
HW13 due on Wednesday 9 December: Chapter
7.2 17,20,24,39 Chapter 7.3 5,8,27 Chapter 7.4 6,14