MA 265, Linear Algebra, Spring 2010

Lectures: Sec 011 - REC 121, TR 1:30-2:45; Sec 015 - UNIV 003, TR 3:00-4:15
Instructor: Prof. Jianlin Xia                                   Email:
Office: MATH 442	Office Hours: TR 10:00-11:30am, and by appointment

• Announcements
  • Final: Exam location: Loeb Playhouse Balcony. Review problems (some answers included). Final review: 4/27, 4/29 in class.
  • Midterm 2: 4/1 in class (multiple choice exam). Review problems
  • Midterm 1: 2/18 in class. Review problems; sample exam
  • Quiz solutions: Quiz 1, Quiz 2
  , Quiz 3, Quiz 4
  • Handout: diagonalization of matrices
  • Grades: Check your HW and exam grades on Purdue Blackboard
• Course information

Course homepage (http://www.math.purdue.edu/~xiaj/teaching/265.10s), course information sheet, assignment sheet (including textbook information), MA 265 webpage.
• Schedule and HW assignments (tentative)

  Week	Date	Sections	Homework Assignments	Matlab*	Due date
  1	1/12	1.1	p8: 1, 2, 4, 5, 15, 22		Tue, 1/19
  	1/14	1.2, 1.3	p19: 4, 9; p30: 11,15,18,19,28	1.1: 1-4
  2	1/19	1.4, 1.5, 2.1	p40: 3, 12, 15, 22; p52: 15, 24	3.1: 1,2	Tue, 1/26
  	1/21	2.1, 2.2, Quiz 1	p94: 1, 3, 11(b); p113: 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 24, 26	4.2: 2, 4.3: 1, 2
  3	1/26	2.3, 3.1	p124: 7, 8, 9, 17(a), 18(a), 19		Tue, 2/2
  	1/28	3.1, 3.2	p145: 9, 11(a) (b), 13(a); p154: 2, 3, 5, 14, 15, 17, 23, 25	8.1: 5
  4	2/2	3.3, 3.4	p164: 4(a) (b), 6		Tue, 2/9
  	2/4	3.4, 3.5, 4.1	p169: 2, 4; p172: 1,3; p187: 2, 5, 7
  5	2/9	4.1, 4.2, Quiz 2	p187: 12, 14, 16, 17		Thu, 2/18
  	2/11	4.3	p196: 2, 8, 9, 10, 12; p205: 2, 4, 6, 10, 17, 19, 28, 33(a) (b)	6.1: 2, 4
  6	2/16	4.3, Review
  	2/18	MIDTERM 1
  7	2/23	4.4, 4.5	p215: 3(a) (b), 4(a) (b), 5, 6, 12		Tue, 3/2
  	2/25	4.5, 4.6	p226: 4, 11, 12, 16; p242: 2, 3, 8, 11	6.2: 1; 6.3: 1
  8	3/2	4.6	p242: 14, 15, 16, 17, 19(a) (b)	6.4: 1	Tue, 3/9
  	3/4	4.7, 4.9	p251: 2, 5, 7, 12; p282: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9
  9	3/9	4.9	p282: 12(b), 14(b), 16(b), 22(b),  34, 35, 36	6.4: 2	Tue, 3/23
  	3/11	5.1, 5.3, Quiz 3	p297: 2, 6, 8, 10, 18, 25, 26
  10	3/23	5.3, 5.4	p317: 8, 29, 34; p329: 1, 3, 10, 11, 14	9.1: 1; 9.2: 2; 10.3: 1, 2	Thu, 4/1
  	3/25	5.5, 5.6	p348: 1, 3, 12(a), 14(a), 16, 20; p356: 3, 11, 12	10.2: 1, 4
  11	3/30	5.6, Review
  	4/1	MIDTERM 2
  12	4/6	6.1, 7.1	p372: 1, 2, 11, 13, 14, 19		Tue, 4/13
  	4/8	7.1, 7.2	p450: 5, 7, 17; p461: 6, 8, 10, 11	13.2: 1, 5
  13	4/13	7.2, B.1	p461: 13, 15, 19		Tue, 4/20
  	4/15	B.1, B.2	pA-11: 2(a) (b) (d), 7, 9; pA-20: 1(b), 4(b), 5(b), 11(a) (c)	1.2: 1, 4, 5, 6
  14	4/20	7.3, Quiz 4	p475: 1, 2, 8, 10		Tue, 4/27
  	4/22	7.3, 8.4	p475: 14, 19, 20, p524: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10
  15	4/27	8.4
  	4/29	8.4, Review
  		FINAL EXAM

  *: The required M-files are available from the department course web page or Matlab Resources.

• Resources
  1. Matlab M-files for the textbook
  2. More Matlab M-files (Walter)
  3. Online documentation from MathWorks
  4. Quick Matlab Documentation (C. Anderson, UCLA)
  5. An introduction to Matlab (D. F. Griffiths, Univ of Dundee)