This schedule will be updated regularly. It will always contain the next homework that is due, but future assignments might be changed depending on the progress of the class.
| Week Starts | Assigned readings (from the course textbook) | HW | Assignments to hand in this week (on Wednesday) (WebAssign homework is also due , you can find it in Blackboard) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24th |
1.1 (excluding vectors spaces in Zn)-1.2 |
0 |
Please fill this
form (this is a required homework) |
The syllabus of the course is here. |
| Sept 3rd |
1.3. Lines and planes. |
1 |
Section 1.1: Exercise 5, Section 1.2: Exercise 17 and 34 |
Labor day Sept 3rd Here you'll find a very good on-line linear algebra books. Another book can be found in this link. |
| Sept 10th |
2.1-2.2 |
2 |
Section 1.3: Exercise 18 and 20 |
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| Sept 17th |
2.3, 3.1, |
3 | Section 2.1; 17 Section 2.2: 16, 24 |
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| Sept 24th |
3.2, 3.3, |
4 |
Section 2.3: 10 Section 3.1: 17, 37 |
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| Oct 1st |
Review |
5 |
Section 3.2: 26, 28. Section 3.3: 19, 24, 38 |
Midterm I, Wed Oct 3rd. |
| Oct 8th |
3.5 | no6 |
No homework (of any kind) due the long weekend. | No Class Oct 8 |
| Oct 15th |
3.5, 3.6 |
7 |
Section 3.5: 8, 10,18, 22, 26 |
A nice app to study linear transformations can be found here.
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| Oct 22nd |
4.1 4.2 |
8 |
Section 3.5: 40, 44 Section 3.6: 7, 46, 48 Here there is a good short video about linear transformations from R2 to R2. Watch it and write down a few a paragraph or two describing what you learn from it. (This is part of the homework). Optional: Also watch this video. |
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| Oct 29th |
4.3, 4.4 |
9 |
Section 4.1: 14, 20 Section 4.2: 38, 46 |
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| Nov 5th |
5.1 5.2 |
10 |
Section 4.3: 16, 20, 22 Section 4.4: 28, 38 Write down a short summary (no more than three pages) about the contents of the course since the first midterm. Include all important definitions and theorems. This is mostly for you (I will check that you have it and then let you keep it to study for the midterm) |
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| Nov 12th |
Review |
11 |
No homework this week. Midterm topics: Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 of the textbook. |
Midterm II: Wed Nov 14th |
| Nov 19th |
12 |
No homework this week. |
Nov 22-24 Happy Thanksgiving |
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| Nov 26th |
5.3 5.4 |
13 |
Section 5.1: 26, 28 Section 5.2: 12, 18, 26 |
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| Dec 3rd |
Review |
14 |
Section 5.3: 10, 12 Section 5.4: 12, 24 Checklist of topics for the final |
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| Final |
Final Exam: Thursday, December
13, 11:15am-1:45pm in Light Engineering 102 (note
that this is NOT our usual classroom) |
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