Math 554: Fall 2020
Linear Algebra

Syllabus


Textbook Linear Algebra Second Edition,

by Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze ISBN # 0-13-536797-2.

Lectures Lectures: MWF 11:30 am-12:20 pm, UNIV 101.

Student hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Room 636 Math. Sci., phone 765 4941980

e-mail: heinzer at purdue.edu

Grader for HW Yinzhen Li

Office Math 711

e-mail: li2850 at purdue.edu

Grading and comments Each of the two tests counts for 25%, the HW for the semester counts for 20%, and the final exam counts for 30%. In general, late homework will not be accepted. In the event of a major disruption (e.g. a flu or coronavirus epidemic at Purdue) policies may change. In this case, please consult this webpage on how to proceed.

Test 1 in class Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Test 2 in class on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Final Exam Individual oral exams using Skype or FaceTime

Assignments

tentative list

Assignment 1 To be handed in Friday, August 28, 2020

Section 1.3, page 11, exercise 6, 7,

Section 1.4, page 16, exercises 5, 8,

Section 1.5, page 21, exercises 3, 4, 8,

Section 1.6, pages 26-27, exercises 4, 10.

Assignment 2 To be handed in Friday, Sep. 4, 2020

Section 2.2, page 40, exercises 5, 7, 8, 9,

Section 2.3, pages 48-49, exercises 7, 8, 9, 13, [In Exercise 13, there is a typo, it should read Exercise 5, Section 1.2]

Section 2.4, page 55, exercise 3, 7.

Assignment 3 To be handed in Friday, Sep. 11, 2020

Section 2.6, page 66, exercises 3, 7.

Section 3.1, pages 73-74, exercises 1, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13,

Section 3.2, pages 83-84, exercises 3, 4, 7, 8, 11.

Assignment 4 to be handed in Friday, Sep. 18, 2020

Section 3.4, pages 95-96, exercises 3, 5, 6, 10, 12,

Section 3.5, pages 105-107, exercises 3, 5, 9, 12, 14, 17,

Section 3.6, pages 111, exercise 3,

Assignment 5 to be handed in Friday, Sep. 25, 2020

Section 3.7, pages 115-116, exercises 1,3, 4, 5, 6,

Section 4.2, page 123, exercises 2, 3, 7, 8,

Section 4.3, pages 126-127, exercises 1, 6,

Section 4.4, page 134, exercise 4,

Assignment 6 to be handed in Friday, Oct. 2, 2020

Section 4.5, page 139, exercises 2, 3,

Section 5.2, pages 148-149, exercises 1, 6, 12,

Section 5.3, pages 155-156, exercises 3, 4, 7, 8, 11,

Use the scalar c of exercise 11 as the definition of the determinant of a linear operator.

Section 5.4, pages 162-164, exercises 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14.

Assignment 7 to be handed in Friday, Oct. 9, 2020

Section 6.2, pages 189-190, exercises 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15.

Section 6.3, pages 197-198, exercises 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11,

Assignment 8 to be handed in Friday, Oct. 16, 2020

Section 6.4, pages 205-206, exercises 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13,

Section 6.5, page 208, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Assignment 9 to be handed in Friday, Oct. 23, 2020

Section 6.6, page 213, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

Section 6.7, pages 218-219, exercises 3, 4, 8.

Assignment 10 to be handed in Friday, Oct. 30, 2020

Section 6.8, pages 225-226, exercises 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

Section 7.1, pages 230-231, exercises 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8.

Assignment 11 to be handed in Friday, Nov. 6, 2020

Exercises from Jacobson Basic Algebra I, Sections 3.6 - 3.10 on the hand-out sheet

Assignment 12 to be handed in Friday, Nov. 13, 2020

Section 7.2, pages 241-244, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,

Section 7.3, page 250, exercises 8, 10.

Assignment 13 to be handed in Monday, Nov. 23, 2020

Section 7.3, pages 249-251, exercises 1, 2, 3. 4, 7, 11, 13

Section 7.4, page 261, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4.

Assignment 14 Not to be handed in, dead week

Section 8.3, pages 298 - 299, exercises 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12,

Section 8.5, pages 317-318, exercises 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14.


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