MATH 511/Walther: Linear Algebra and Applications, Assignments and Due Dates

Spring 2014


Text:  Linear Algebra and its applications by Gilbert Strang (4th edition), Thomson/Brooks Cole, 2006


Week Dates      Units	    Sections discussed        Homework Due on Thursday of that Week

1    Jan 14-16	1/2/3	    1.2,1.3/1.4/1.5           Nothing		 

2    Jan 21-23  4/5/6       1.6/Review/2.1            p 9: 3;  p 16: 11,12;  p 26: 2,3,20;  p 40: 4,15; 
                                                        (from 1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5)

3    Jan 28-30  7/8/9       2.2/2.3                   p 52: 6,13; p 27: 13,17; p 39: 1; p 52: 4,14; p 65: 12,19; 
                                                        p 73: 2,3; (from 1.6,2.1)
 
4    Feb 4-6    10/11/12    2.4/2.5/2.6               p 85: 2,5; p 98: 1,18; p 101: 32,37; (from 2.2,2.3)

5    Feb 11-13  13/14/15    Review/3.1/3.2            p 110: 3,7,8; p 137: 5; p 122: 1,2,3 (Kirchhoff's Laws); 
                                                        p 133: 1,7,8,18; (from 2.4,2.5,2.6)

6    Feb 18-20  16/17/18    3.3/3.4                   p 74: 7,9; p 98: 5,7,35; p 133: 9; p 137: 4; p 148: 1,5,12; 
                                                        p 158: 3,5,12; (from Review,3.1,3.2)

7    Feb 25-27  20/(19)     Review/Midterm            p 170: 3,4,24; p 186: 6,9,13 (Euclidean space); 
                                                        p 187: 21,22,23,24 (Function spaces); (from 3.3,3.4)
     Feb 27, EXAM 1, Lessons 1-18

8    Mar 4-6    21/22/23    3.5, Appendix A,4.1,4.2        Nothing due.

9    Mar 11-13  24/25/26    4.3/4.4,Review            p 196: 1,5,8,9,11; (from 3.5); p 420: 1,2,4,8; 
                                                        p 206: 1,4,7; (from Appendix A,4.1,4.2)

10   Mar 18-20  ---         Spring break              ---

11   Mar 25-27  27/28/29    5.1/5.2/5.4               p 215: 2,3,7; p 226: 2,14; p 148: 7; p 170: 5; p 187: 15,25; 
                                                        p 198: 6,8,28; p 230: 1,5 (from 4.3,4.4,Review)

12   Apr 1-3    30/31/32    5.4/5.5/5.6               p 240: 4,5,9,10 a) b) and show by example that row operations 
                                                        can change eigenvalues; 
                                                        p 250: 1,5; p 275: 1,5,6; (from 5.1,5.2,5.4)

13   Apr 8-10   33/34/(35)  Appendix B/Review/Midterm p 276: 8,9,14; p 288: 1,2,6,19,20; p 302: 1,14,22; 
                                                        (from 5.4,5.5,5.6)
     April 10, EXAM 2, up to Lesson 34. 

14   Apr 15-17  36/37/38    6.1/6.2/6.5               p 427: 1,3; p 242: 14; p 251: 11,12; p 276: 10; p 291: 21; 
                                                        p 304: 24; (from Appendix B, Review)

15   Apr 22-24  39/40/41    Review/7.1,7.2/7.3        p 316: 3,4; p 326: 2,10; p 350: 1,3; (from 6.1,6.2,6.5)

16   Apr 29-31  42/43/44    6.3/Review/Review         p 357: 1,5; p 365: 1,3,4; p 338: 15 (only the singular value 
                                                        decomposition); (from 7.1,7.2,7.3,6.3)







Week   Lecture Notes to Unit  Sections covered

1            1                     1.2,1.3
             2                     1.4     	 
             3                     1.5	   	 
2            4                     1.6		 
             5                     Review	   	 
             6                     2.1     	 
3            7                     2.2	         
             8                     2.3     	 
             9                     2.3	         
4            10                    2.4	 	
             11                    2.5 	 	
             12                    2.6	 	
5            13                    Review	 	
             14                    3.1	 	
             15                    3.2	 	
6            16                    3.3	 	
             17                    3.4      	
             18                    3.4	 	
7            EXAM 1: Chapters 1 and 2, Sections 1-3 of Ch 3 
             20                    3.5          	
8            21                    3.5	 	
             22                    Appendix A      
             23                    4.1,4.2	       	
9            24                    4.3             
             25                    4.4		
             26                    Review 	        
10           SPRING BREAK
11           27                    5.1      	
             28                    5.2		
             29                    5.4	        
12           30                    5.4	      	
             31                    5.5		
             32                    5.6	
13           33                    Appendix B      
             34                    Review	
             EXAM 2: Section 4 of Ch. 3, Chapters 4 and 5, App A 
14           36                    6.1      	
             37                    6.2     	
             38                    6.5     	
15           39                    Review    	
             40                    7.1,7.2      	
             41                    7.3             
16           42                    6.3             
             43                    Review
             44                    Review
17           FINAL EXAM