Time and Place : TuTh 4:45-6:05; Frey Hall 309
Instructor : Radu Laza
Office : Math Tower 4-120
Email : radu.laza@stonybrook.edu
Office Hours: Tue 2:30-4 (and by appointment)
Grader : Saajid Chowdhury
Week | Topic | Sections Covered | HW Assignments |
(1) Aug 23, 25 | Linear Equations | 1.1-1.2 | |
(2) Aug 30, Sept 1 | Matrix Algebra Intro to linear transformations |
1.3 2.1 |
HW1 (due Sept 6) |
(3) Sept 6, 8 | Linear Transformations | 2.2, 2.3 | HW2 (due Sept 13) |
(4) Sept 13, 15 |
Inverse of a linear transformations Images and Kernels |
2.4 3.1 |
HW3 (due Sept 20) |
(5) Sept 20, 22 | Subspaces, bases, dimension | 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 | HW4 (due Sept 29) |
(6) Sept 27, 29 | Review Midterm 1: Thursday, Sept 29 (in class) | Chapters 1, 2, 3 | |
(7) Oct 4, 6 | Matrix of a linear transformation Orthogonality |
Ch. 4 (brief survey) 5.1 |
HW5 (due Oct 20) |
(8) Oct 13 | Gram-Schmidt | 5.2 | |
(9) Oct 18, 20 | More on orthogonality | 5.3, 5.4 | HW6 (due Oct 27) |
(10)Oct 25, 27 | Determinants | Chapter 6 | |
(11) Nov 1, 3 |
Determinants Review |
6.3 Chapters 4-6 |
HW7(due Nov 8) |
(12) Nov 8, 10 | Midterm 2: Tuesday, Nov 8 (in class) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors |
Chapters 4, 5, 6 7.1 |
HW8 (due Nov 15) |
(13) Nov 15, 17 | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors | 7.2, 7.3 |
HW9 (due Nov 22) |
(14) Nov 22 | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors | 7.4 | HW10 (due Dec 1) |
(14) Nov 29, Dec 1 | Review | Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6 | Dec 13 (8:30-11pm) | Final Exam | Chapters 1-7 |