Math 320 Section 1 - Calendar- Spring 2018

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All numbers indicate sections from Linear Algebra (Jim Hefferon) -- Third Edition.

R is for the reading assignment
C is for exercises that are assigned and will be collected
NC is for exercises that are assigned but will not be collected

Tuesday

Thursday

Jan. 30
Lecture #1:
Intro to Math 320
Systems of Linear Equations Gaussian Elimination


Feb. 1
Lecture #2:
Describing the Solution Set Geometric Interpretation
Matrices

Homework Due:
R 1.I.1-1.I.2
Feb. 6
Lecture #3:
Echelon Form
Parametrized Solution Sets


Homework Due:
R 1.I.3
Written Homework #1:
C Additional Problems
WeBWorK Orientation
NC 1.21,22,25,27
Feb. 8
Lecture #4:
Reduced Row Echelon Form
Homogeneous System of Equations
Linear Combinations


Homework Due:
R One.II.1
Written Homework #2:
C Additional Problems
NC I.3.14,I.3.15(ce),I.3.18
Feb. 13
Quiz #1
Lecture #5:
Descriptions of Non-Homogeneous solution sets
Vectors in ℝm
Dot Product

Homework Due:
R One.III
C WeBWorK_1
Feb. 15
Quiz #2
Lecture #6:
Length of Vectors
Vector Spaces

Homework Due:
R Two.I.1
Written Homework #3:
C One.I:2.21
C One.II.2.11
C Additional Problems
NC One.I:3.14,3.17,3.18,3.19
Feb. 20
Lecture #7:
Vector Spaces
Spans in Vector Spaces

Homework Due:
R Two.I.2
C WeBWorK_2
Feb. 22
Quiz #3
Lecture #8:
Subspaces
One and Two property verification

Homework Due:
R Two.II
Written Homework #4:
C One.III.2.13
C Additional Problems
NC One.III:1.10,1.12
Feb. 27
Lecture #9:
Spans are Subspaces
Linear Independence

C WeBWorK_3 (actually Wednesday)
March 1
Quiz #4
Lecture #10:
Linear Independence example

Homework Due:
R Two.III.1
Written Homework #5:
C Two.I: 2.20,2.22
C Additional Problems
NC Two.I: 2.23,2.25
March 6
Lecture #11:
Basis
Dimension
Questions for exam

Homework Due:
R Two.III.1
C WeBWorK_4
March 8
Exam 1
Through Linear Independence

Written Homework #6:
C Two.II: 1,20ac,1.28a
C Additional Problems
NC Two.II: 1,20bd,1.21,1.22ac
March 13
Lecture #12:
Dimension
Column spaces

Homework Due:
R Two.III:2 and 3
C WeBWorK_5
March 15
Quiz #5
Lecture #13:
Row Space
Rank


Homework Due:
Written Homework #7:
C Two.III.2.18,20,26
C Additional Problems
NC Two.III.2.17,21
March 20
Lecture #14:
Echelon Rows are linearly independent
Inverse Matrix Theorem

Homework Due:
R Three.I.1
C WeBWorK_6
March 22
Lecture #15:
Isomorphisms
Linear Transformations

Homework Due:
R Three.I.2
Written Homework #8:
C Two.III.3:16ace,18,20,21acd
C Additional Problems
NC Two.III.3:17,22,23
March 27
Spring Break
March 29
Spring Break
April 3
Lecture #16:
Dimensions and Isomorphisms

Homework Due:
R Three.II.1
C WeBWorK_7
April 5
Quiz #6
Lecture #17:
Range and Null Space


Homework Due:
R Three.II.2
Written Homework #9:
C Three.I.1: 13,18
C Additional Problems
NC Three.I.1: 15,17
April 10
C WeBWorK_8
Lecture #18:
Rank and Nullity Theorem
Linear Transformations in ℝn

Homework Due:
R Three.III
April 12
Quiz #7
Lecture #19:
Matrix of a Linear Transformation

Homework Due:
R Three.III
Written Homework #10:
C Three.II.2:27,29,31b
C Additional Problems
NC Three.II.2:26,28,32
April 17
Office hours Today: 3:30-5
Lecture #20:
Matrix Multiplication

Homework Due:
R Three.IV
April 19
C WeBWorK_9 (actually Friday)
Exam 2
Topics TBA

Written Homework #11:
NC Additional Problems
April 24
C WeBWorK_10
Lecture #21:
Elementary Row Operations
Change of Basis Matrix

Homework Due:
R Three.V
April 26
No Quiz
Lecture #22:
Orthogonal Matrices
Determinate Properties

Homework Due:
R Four.I.2
Written Homework #12:
C Additional Problems
May 1
C WeBWorK_11
Lecture #23:
Cofactor expansion

Homework Due:
R Five.II.1
May 3
Quiz #8
Lecture #24:
Similar Matrices


Homework Due:
R Five.II.2
Written Homework #13:
C Additional Problems
NC Four.III.1:11,12,13,14
May 8
C WeBWorK_12
Lecture #25:
Digitalization
Eigenvalues

Homework Due:
R Five.II.3
May 10
No Quiz
Lecture #26:
Finding Eigenvalues
Characteristic Polynomials

Homework Due:
Written Homework #14:
C Five.II.2: 7,8
C Additional Problems
NC Five.II.2: 9,10,11
Final Exam
Tuesday, May 22 at 11 AM


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