Introduction
to Linear Algebra
MAT 211, Section 3, Spring 2008
Phone:
(631) 632-8255; Fax 632-7631 |
Myong-Hi (Nina) Kim Office: Math 3-109 |
Tuesday 2:45-4:15, Wednesday 9:30-10:30 |
on every Thursday 3pm-4pm Life Science Library Room L-3 |
Available to MAT211 students |
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A recitation class is now on! Day and time: Thursday 3:00-4:00pm. Place: Life Science Library, room L-3
Day of |
Instructor |
Topics |
Th 2/21 |
Myong-hi Kim |
Linear systems |
Th 2/28 |
Tanvir Prince |
Linear maps |
Th 3/6 |
Julia Viro |
Kernel and image, bases, dimension |
Office Hours and Locations.
Instructor |
Day and time |
Office in Math Tower |
Tanvir Prince (lecturer, section 1) |
W 10:00-11:00am |
2-121 |
Julia Viro (lecturer, section 2) |
TuTh 4:00-5:15pm |
4-102 |
Myong-Hi Kim (lecturer, section 3) |
Tu 2:45-4:15 pm |
3-109 |
Zhiyu Tian (grader) |
MW 5:15-6:15pm |
S-240C |
Math Leaning Center
Math Learning Center |
Day and Evening |
SL240A |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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10:00-11:00 (Viro, MLC) |
9:30-10:30 (Kim, 3-109) 10:00-11:00 (Prince, 2-121) |
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11:00-1:00 (Prince, MLC) |
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2:45-4:15(Kim, 3-109) |
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5:15-6:16(Tian S-240C) |
4:00-5:15 (Viro, 4-102) |
5:15-6:16(Tian S-240C) |
4:00-5:15 (Viro, 4-102) |
Spring 2008
Schedule (tentative):
The following is the basic syllabus. Please read the relevant
parts of the book before class.
Day of |
Homework due |
Sections Covered |
January 29 |
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1.1 Introduction to Linear Systems |
January 31 |
Half Homework 1 |
1.2 (Matrices, Vectors, and Gauss-Jordan Elimination) |
February 5 |
Half Homework 1 |
1.3 (On the Solutions of Linear Systems; Matrix Algebra) |
February 7 |
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2.1 (Introduction to Linear Transformations And Their Inverses) |
February 12 |
Homework 2 |
2.2 (Linear Transformations in Geometry) |
February 19HWAssignment |
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2.3 (The Inverse of a Linear Transformation) 2.4 (Matrix Products) |
February 21 |
Homework 3 |
2.4 (Matrix Products) |
February 26 |
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3.1 (Image and Kernel of a Linear Transformation) |
February 28 |
Homework 4 |
3.2 (Subspaces of R^n; Bases and Linear Independence) |
March 4 |
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Review and 3.3 (The Dimension of a Subspace of R^n) |
March 6 |
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Exam I (from 1.1 up to and including 3.2 and dimension from Section3.3) |
March 11 |
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3.3 and 3.4 (Coordinates); |
March 13 |
Homework 5 |
4.1 (Introduction to Linear Spaces) |
March 18 |
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Springr Recess |
March 20 |
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Springr Recess |
March 25-April 1 |
Homework 6 |
4.2 (Linear Transformations and Isomorphisms) |
4.3 (The Matrix of a Linear Transformation) |
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April 3 |
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Review Section 4.1-4.3 6.1 (Introduction to Determinants) |
April 8 |
Homework 7 |
6.2 (Properties of the Determinant) |
April 10 |
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6.3 (Geometrical Interpretations of the Determinant; Cramer's Rule) |
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Review |
April 15 |
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Exam II ( from 3.4 up to and including 6.3) |
April 17 |
Homework 8 |
Ch 7.1: Dynamical systems and eigenvectors |
April 22 |
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7.2 (Finding the Eigenvalues of a Matrix) |
April 22/24 |
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7.3 (Finding the Eigenvectors of a Matrix) |
April 24 |
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7.4 (Diagonalization) |
April 29 |
Homework 9 |
5.1 (Orthogonal Projections and Orthonormal Bases) |
May 1 |
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5.2 (Gram-Schmidt Process and QR Factorization) |
May 6 |
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5.3 (Orthogonal Transformations and Orthogonal Matrices) |
May 8 |
Homework 10 |
Review |
May 13 |
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Review |
May 15 |
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Final Exam (Cumulative) |
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Homework Assignment:
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Homework 1 |
§1.1: 1,3,7,11,12,13,20,38,40 §1.2:1, 5, 6, 11, 20, 22,34,35, §1.3:1, 5 , 6,10,20,21,29,30, 36, 38, 55, 57, Chapter Exercise: 1 through 10 |
Half 1/31/08
Half 2/5/08 |
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Solutions to Selected Homework 1 |
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Homework 2 |
§2.1: 7 §2.2: 29,42 |
2/26/08 |
Homework 3 |
§2.3: 40,48 §2.4:19,20,36,76 |
2/26/08 |
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Solutions to Selected Homework 2 and 3 |
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Homework 4 |
§3.1: 30, 34, 51 § 3.2: 2,6,8, 34, 36, 46 |
3/4 |
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Midterm I |
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Solutions to Selected Homework 5 and 6 |
Midterm I |
Homework 5 |
§3.3:22, 28 30, 45, 46
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3/13 |
Homework 6 |
§3.4:12, 16, 26, 28, 44, 47, 56, 62 |
4/1 |
Homework 7 |
Show all your work. § 4.1: 4,6, 25, 30 § 4.2:6,52 § 4.3:1 |
4/8 |
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Solutions to Selected Homework 7 |
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Homework 8 |
§ 6.1: 10, 18,30,44 § 6.2:35, 47,.59 § 6.3: 2,13, 30 |
4/17 |
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Solutions to Selected Homework 8 |
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Homework 9 |
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7.1: 8, 42 |
4/29 |
Homework 10 |
§ 5.1: 16, 17 § 5.2: 14, 34
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5/8 |
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