MA 26500
General information:
For a description of the course, including the grading policy, please consult the course syllabus. Students are responsible for reading the syllabus and being aware of all the course and university's policies. The ground rule of this course can found on the course webpage: http://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/courses/coursepage?subject=MA&course=26500
Contact information and office hours:
Lecturer's office: MATH 850
Lecturer's Email address: shao92@purdue.edu
Lecturer's office hours and location: Monday 12:30-3:30pm or by appointment, MATH 850.
Lecturer's office phone: 496-7968
Important Dates
Last day for a student to drop a course
-without it being recorded: January 25 2016;
-without a grade: February 8 2016;
-with a passing or failing grade: March 11 2016.
Textbook:
Kolman & Hill, Elementary Linear Algebra and Applications, 9th Edition (plus Matlab Workbook)
Webassign:
Login to Webassign from http://www.webassign.net/purdue/login.html by using your purdue careeer account information.
Click here for an instruction to using Webassign. You may also find helpful information from http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/webassign
Matlab files:
How to use an M-file
project.m
matdat1.m
invert.m
All other files in a .zip file
Missing Matlab Page
10.3 Background Materials
Useful Resources:
For a better idea of what will be on the final, see the following link to the past exam archive of MA 26500:
http://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/courses/oldexams?course=MA26500
If typically you can learn things only by seeing tons of examples, you should have a look at the textbook
"Schaum's outline of Linear Algebra" (or one of its variants).
Exams:
| Description | Date | Location | Remarks |
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Midterm Exam 1 |
Feb. 23 8:00-9:00pm |
WTHR 104 | Covering all the materials up to (and including) Section 4.3 |
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Midterm Exam 2 |
Mar. 31 6:30-7:30pm |
WTHR 104 | Covering all the materials from (and including ) Section 4.4 up to (and including) Section 5.6 and Section 6.1 |
| Final Exam |
May 4 10:30am-12:30pm |
ELLT 116 | Covering all the materials. |
Annoucement:
There will be no class meeting on Feb. 1 and Apr. 1.
Homework Assignments and Schedules:
Below is a schedule for the course. This schedule is subject to change, and therefore you should check this webpage fregquently.
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Sections |
Webassign HW |
Hand graded HW and Matlab HW |
HW due in class |
Remarks |
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Jan. 11 |
Book 1.1 Matlab 1.1 |
Book 1.1: 1,2,4,6,10,14,16,22 |
Matlab 1.1: 1,2,3,4 |
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Jan. 13 |
Book 1.2 |
Book 1.2: 4,6,8,10 |
Examples | ||
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Jan. 15 |
Book 1.3 |
Book 1.3: 12,14,16,18,19,26,30 |
Book 1.3: 28 |
Examples | |
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Jan. 20 |
Book 1.4 Book 1.5 Matlab 3.1 |
Book 1.4: 8,10,12,22,32 Book: 16,30,32,32,35,36 |
Book 1.4: 3 Matlab 3.1: 1,2,5 |
Examples | |
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Jan. 22 |
Book 2.1 |
Book 2.1: 2,6,8,12 |
Book 2.1: 10 |
Matlab 1.1: 1,2,3,4 Book 1.3: 28 |
Click here for an algorithm of reducing a matrix to RREF |
| Jan. 25 |
Book 2.2 Matlab 4.2 Matlab 4.3 |
Book 2.2: 4,6,8,10,12,14,16,20,22,26 |
Matlab 4.2: 2,3 Matlab 4.3:1,2 |
Examples | |
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Jan. 27 |
Book 2.3 |
Book 2.3: 7,8,9,17,19,20 |
Examples | ||
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Jan. 29 |
Book 3.1 |
Book 3.1: 3,5,11 |
Book 1.4: 3 Matlab 3.1: 1,2,5 Book 2.1: 10 |
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Feb. 1 |
No class meeting |
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Feb. 3 |
Book 3.2 Matlab 8.1 |
Book 3.2: 2,3,4,7,23,25,26 |
Book 3.2: 10,14,15,17 Matlab 8.1: 5,6 |
Examples | |
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Feb. 5 |
Book 3.3 Book 3.4 |
Book 3.3: 4,6,7 Book 3.4: 1,2,3 |
Matlab 4.2: 2,3 Matlab 4.3:1,2 |
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Feb. 8 |
Book 3.5 Book 4.1 |
Book 3.5: 1,2,3 Book 4.1:,5,6,8,11,14,15,16,17,19 |
Book 4.1: 2 | Examples |
Click here for a proof of the Cramer's rule |
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Feb. 10 |
Book 4.2 |
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Feb. 12 |
Book 4.2 Book 4.3 |
Book 4.2: 2,8,10 Book 4.3: 2,6,10 |
Book 4.2: 12 Book 4.3: 4 |
Book 3.2: 10,14,15,17 Matlab 8.1: 5,6 |
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Feb. 15 |
Book 4.3 Book 4.4 Matlab 6.1 |
Book 4.3: 16,17,19,33, 34 |
Book 4.3: 28 Matlab 6.1: 1,2,4,8 |
Examples | |
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Feb. 17 |
Book 4.4 |
Book 4.4: 3,4,5,6, 7, 10, 12 | Book 4.4: 13,15 |
Exam I sample and the solutions |
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Feb. 19 |
Book 4.5 Matlab 6.2 Matlab 6.3 |
Book 4.5: 4, 5, 6, 11,12, 15, 16 |
Matlab 6.2: 1, 2,6 Matlab 6.3: 1 |
Book 4.1: 2 Book 4.2: 12 Book 4.3: 4 |
Examples |
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Feb. 22 |
Review Session for Exam 1 Exercises for Section 2.3, Chapter 2, Sections 3.2-3.4 |
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Feb. 24 |
Book 4.6 |
Book 4.6: 2,3,7,8,11,12 |
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Feb. 26 |
Book 4.6 Book 4.7 |
Book 4.6: 14,15,16,17,19, 20, 23, 24 Book 4.7: 2ab,5,6,7 8, 10, 11,12 |
Click here for the solutions to Exam 1. | ||
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Feb. 29 |
Book 4.9 Matlab 6.4 |
Book 4.9: 1,3,6, 8, 9,10, 13 |
Matlab 6.4: 2 | Examples | |
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Mar. 2 |
Book 4.9 |
Book 4.9: 12,14,16, 20,22, 29, 30,32, 34,36 | Book 4.9: 35 | More excercises for Chapter 4 and the key | |
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Mar. 4 |
Book 4.3: 28 Matlab 6.1: 1,2,4,8 Book 4.4: 13,15 Matlab 6.2: 1, 2,6 Matlab 6.3: 1 |
Chapter 4 Review Click here for the Review notes |
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Mar. 7 |
Book 6.1 |
Book 6.1: 1,2,7,10,11,12,13,14 |
Book 6.1: 19 |
Examples | |
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Mar. 9 |
Book 5.1 |
Book 5.1: 2,6,8,10, 17, 18,25,26, 27, 28 |
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Mar. 11 |
Book 5.3 Matlab 9.1 Matlab 9.2 |
Book 5.3: 8,29,33,34 |
Matlab 9.1: 1 Matlab 9.2: 2 |
Matlab 6.4: 2 Book 4.9: 35 |
Today's notes and some exercises |
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Mar. 21 |
Book 5.4 Matlab 10.3 |
Book 5.4: 1,3,10,11,14, 16, 22, 28 |
Matlab 10.3: 1,2, 7 |
Click here for the algorithm for the Gram-Schmidt process | |
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Mar. 23 |
Book 5.5 Matlab10.2 |
Book 5.5: 1a,3, 4, 7, 12,14,16, 18, 20 | Matlab10.2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 | ||
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Mar. 25 |
Book 5.6 |
Book 5.6: 3,11,12 |
Book 6.1: 19 Matlab 9.1: 1 Matlab 9.2: 2 |
EXAM II sample and the solutions | |
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Mar. 28 |
Review session for Chapter 5 Exercise for Section 5.3-5.5, Chapter 5 Click here for the solution to exercises of Chapter 5 Click here for a detailed proof and some remarks on matrix of inner product |
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Mar. 30 |
Review Session for Exam 2 |
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Apr. 1 |
No class meeting |
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Apr. 4 |
Book 7.1 Matlab 13.2 |
Book 7.1: 5,6,7,8,17,18 |
Matlab: 13.2: 1,2,5 |
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Apr. 6 |
Book 7.2 |
Book 7.2: 6,7,8,10,11 |
Click here for some proofs we skipped during the lecture Click here for the solutions to Exam II Click here for part of the notes for Section 7.1 |
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Apr. 8 |
Book 7.2 | Book 7.2: 12,13,15,17,19 |
Matlab 10.3: 1,2, 7 Matlab10.2: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 |
Exercises for 7.1 and 7.2 | |
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Apr. 11 |
Book Appendix B1 Book Appendix B2 Matlab 1.2 |
Book Appendix B1: 1,2,7,9 Book Appendix B2: 1,3,4,5,11 |
Matlab 1.2: 1,2,4,5,6 | Click here for the solutions to Exercises of 7.1&7.2. | |
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Apr. 13 |
Book 7.3 |
Book 7.3: 2 |
Book 7.3: 1,8 |
Click here for some proofs we skipped during the lecture | |
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Apr. 15 |
Book 7.3 |
Book 7.3: 18,19,20,22 |
Book 7.3: 14 |
Matlab: 13.2: 1,2,5 |
More exercises for Chapter 7 and the solutions |
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Apr. 18 |
Book 8.4 |
Book 8.4: 1,2,5,6,7,10 |
Click here for some reviewing notes of matrices and vector spaces | ||
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Apr. 20 |
Book 8.4 Book 8.5 |
Book 8.4: 3,8,9 | Click here for the solution to Fall 2015 final | ||
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Apr. 22 |
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Matlab 1.2: 1,2,4,5,6 Book 7.3: 1,8,14 |
Review Session for the Final Exam Click here for the solution to Spring 2015 final |
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Apr. 25 |
Review Session for the Final Exam Click here for the solution to Fall 2012 final |
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Apr. 27 |
Review Session for the Final Exam Click here for the solution to Fall 2011 final |
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Apr. 29 |
Review Session for the Final Exam |
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