Math262 Linear Algebra And Differential Equations


Professor: Liz Vivas

Office: Math 446

Lessons:
TTh 10:30 -11:45

Room: CIVL 2123

Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00pm and Wednesday 10:00-11:00am at Math 446

Grading policy:
There will be two one hour midterm exams. The time and place will be announced later. There will be weekly homework due at the beginning of the class on Thursday. There will be a two-hour, comprehensive final during exam week. Homework + Quizzes: 200; Two midterms at 100 each: 200; Final Exam: 200. Total: 600.

The webpage of the course for all sections is here.

Recitation:
Friday 10:30 - 11:20 REC 302
Teaching assistant: Wei Zhang
Office hours: Fridays 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in MATH 719

Homeworks:
Each homework will be due on Thursdays at the beginning of class. The homework due each week will be posted here.

First homework (due on Thursday Sep. 2):
Section 1.1, page 8, Problems 6,15,26; Section 1.2, page 18, Problems 8,21,24; Section 1.3, page 30, Problems 3,11,12,13 and Section 1.4, page 40, Problems 8,16,23,24.

Second homework (new due date: Tuesday Sep. 14):
Section 1.5, page 47, Problem 2; Section 1.6, page 55, Problems 2,6,17,18 Section 1.7, page 65, Problems 4,7 and Section 1.8, page 76, Problems 25,26,37,38,56,61.

Third homework (due date: Thursday Sep. 23):
Section 1.9, page 89, Problems 8,9,11,13,15; Section 1.11, page 103, Problems 4,11,14,15,19; Section 1.12, page 108, Problem 42; Section 2.1, page 118, Problems 1,3,7,11 and Section 2.2 page 130, Problems 1,2,3,5,7,15,27.

Fourth homework (due date: Thursday Sep. 30):
Section 2.3, page 138, Problems 2,3,9; Section 2.4, page 149, Problems 3,6,7,9,11,13,20,21 and Section 2.5, page 159, Problems 1,7,11,17,19,22,23,33,37,47.

Fifth homework (due date: Thursday Oct. 7):
Section 2.6, page 170, Problems 1,3,9,12 and 20.

Sixth homework (due date: Thursday Oct. 14):
Section 3.2, page 209, Problems 1,3,9,21,24,42; Section 3.3, page 222, Problems 7,9,15,17,21a,22,27,32,36,40,42,44.

Seventh homework (due date: Thursday Oct. 21):
Section 4.2, page 249, Problems 16; Section 4.3, page 257, Problems 2,3,5,6,18,19,20.

Eighth homework (due date: Thursday Oct. 28):
Section 4.4, page 265, Problems 4,9,12,13,14,25,28; Section 4.5, page 279, Problems 3,9,12,13 and Section 4.6, page 291, Problems 4,6,7,11,12,17,18,24.

Ninth homework (due date: Thursday Nov. 4):
Section 4.8, page 306, Problems 3,5,8,12 and Section 5.1, page 351, Problems 1,4,9,10,13,16,17,30.

Tenth homework (due date: Thursday Nov. 11):
Section 5.3, page 368, Problems 1,2,3,6; Section 5.6, page 398, Problems 5,9,13,15,20,31,32 and Section 5.7, page 406, Problems 1,3,5,7,17,19.

Eleventh homework (due date: Tuesday Nov. 23):
Section 6.1, page 458, Problems 1,3,5,6,9,13,16,18 and Section 6.2, page 468, Problems 5,12,14,17,19,26,30,32,33,35,39.

Twelfth homework (due date: Tuesday Nov. 30, new due date: Thursday Dec. 2):
Section 6.3, page 480, Problems 1,3,4,17,19,20,21,23,26,29,31 and Section 6.5, page 495, Problems 3,4,5,16,17. (Just added the problems in bold).

Thirteenth homework (due date: Tuesday Dec. 7):
Section 6.7, page 512, Problems 1,5,16,19,21,22,30 and Section 6.9, page 528, Problems 5,6,16 and Section 7.1, page 540, Problems 1,3,7,9.

Fourteenth homework (due date: Friday Dec. 10):
Section 7.1, Problems 15,17,19, Section 7.2, page 545, Problems 1,3,6,7; Section 7.3, page 551, Problems 1,3,4; Section 7.4, page 560, Problems 1,3,5,9,17 and Section 7.6, page 576, Problems 1,3,8,10.

THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE ON MONDAY DEC. 13TH AT 7:00p - 9:00p IN LOEB PLAYHOUSE (ALSO CALLED STEW 183).

The first midterm was on Monday Oct. 4th. Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm. Location: MATH 175. It covered Chapters 1 and 2.

The second midterm will be on Tuesday Nov. 16th. Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm. Location: RAWL 1062. It will cover Chapters 3, 4 and 5.


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