Math 309 Schedule and Assignments - Spring 2007

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  • Problems in text are from
    Elementary Linear Algebra, 8th edition
    Bernard Kolman and David R Hill  -  ISBN 0-13-045787-6

  • Schedule
    Below is an approximate schedule for the Semester. The sections in the book covered on a particular day are in the second column of the table below. Sections covered may be spread over more than one day. We will try to follow this schedule, but covering important topics in enough detail will take precedence. You will be responsible for the topics in these sections, even if particular items were not covered in class. In addition to the assigned homework problems, do as many problems from the book as possible unless they are clearly repetitious. This will be a good indicator of whether you have understood the class material.

  • Homework
    The grader is Carolyn Auchter. You can send her an email with any concerns about homework grading.
    The answers to many odd-numbered problems are in the back of the book. You can take these as hints.
    Do enough intermediate steps on problems so that the grader will know that you did the problem (by hand).
    Be sure to read all of the comments from the grader, even for problems on which you got full credit.

  • Exams: No calculators on exams, unless otherwise indicated explicitly. All exams will be closed book.

    Date Sections Homework
    01/17:
    01/19:    		 1.1,1.2
    1.1,1.2    		 No homework first week
    01/22:
    01/24:
    01/26:    		 1.2,1.3,1.4
    1.3,1.4
    1.5    		 HomeWork 1   Due 01/29

    HW1 Solutions
    01/29:
    01/31:
    02/02:    		 2.1
    2.1,2.2
    2.2    		 HW2: (1.3)10,13,19,23,29,30,51   (1.4)6,20,21   (1.5)4,7,12,13,18   Due 02/05

    HW2 Solutions
    02/05:
    02/07:
    02/09:    		 2.3,3.1
    3.2
    3.3,3.4    		 HW3: (2.1)5,7,8,9,12   (2.2)2,8,9,10   (2.3)2,3ab,6   (3.1)2,6,12,16   Due 02/12

    HW3 Solutions
    02/12:
    02/14:
    02/16:    		 Review
    Exam 1
    3.4    		 HW4: (3.2)2,4,11   (3.3)2,4,7,14,28   (3.4)1,3,6   Due 02/19

    HW4 Solutions
    02/19:
    02/21:
    02/23:    		 3.4,3.6
    3.5,3.7
    3.5    		 HW5: (3.3)31   (3.4)7,8,9,10,17,20,23,26   Due 02/26

    HW5 Solutions
    02/26:
    02/28:
    03/02:    		 3.8
    3.8,4.1,4.3
    4.3    		 HW6: (3.5)1,2,11,20,28,37   (3.6)3,4   (3.8)1a   Due 03/05

    HW6 Solutions
    03/05:
    03/07:
    03/09:    		 4.3,4.4
    4.4
    4.5    		 HW7: (3.8)13,17,18   (4.1)3,8,25,26   (4.3)3,10,16,29,40   Due 03/19

    HW7 Solutions
    03/12:
    03/14:
    03/16:    		 . Spring Break
    03/19:
    03/21:
    03/23:    		 5.1
    5.2
    5.3,5.5    		 HW8: (4.4)1,11,14,20,24   (4.5)1,4,11,13,15,19   Due 03/26

    HW8 Solutions
    03/26:
    03/28:
    03/30:    		 Review
    Exam 2
    6.1,6.2    		 HW9: (5.1)1,6,10,13   (5.2)2,8,10,22   (5.3)1,9,12,22   (5.5)5,8,11 Due 04/02
    MidTerm2       Answers to MidTerm2
    HW9 Solutions
    04/02:
    04/04:
    04/06:    		 6.2
    6.2,6.3
    6.4,6.5    		 HW10: (6.1)1,4,8,12ab,15   (6.2)1,3,6b   Due 04/09

    HW10 Solutions
    04/09:
    04/11:
    04/13:    		 6.5,7.1
    7.1
    7.2    		 HW11: (6.2)22 by treating det() as a polynomial in c=x,
    (6.3)1,5,11,15a   (6.4)3,7bc,13,14   (6.5)3,10,12   Due 04/16
    HW11 Solutions
    04/16:
    04/18:
    04/20:    		 7.3a
    7.4
    7.4    		 HW12: (7.1)2,5,7,11,14,18,21   (7.2)1,5,8,14,24,26   (7.3)2   Due 04/23

    HW12 Solutions
    04/23:
    04/25:
    04/27:    		 7.6
    7.9
    Review    		 HW13: (7.4)1,14,16,27,30   (7.6)1,7,17,23,25  
        (7.9)13 (also find the first principal component in (7.9)13)
    HW13 Solutions   (Practice problems: Not graded.)
    05/02: Practice
     exam
    .    		 You can use both sides of a one-page crib sheet
    Take up to 1hr 15min --- Answers posted this weekend
    Practice Exam       Answers to Practice Exam

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