MATH 304/505: LINEAR ALGEBRA

Spring 2019

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General information

Instructor:	Diane Guignard
Classes:	TR 3:55-5:10pm in BLOC 161
Office hours:	M 1:00-2:00pm and W 9:00-10:00am in BLOC 608P
Additional help:	Help session schedules
Textbook:	Linear Algebra with Applications, Ninth edition, by S. Leon, Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0-321-96221-8
Syllabus:	syllabus.pdf

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Important dates

• Exam 1: February 14
• Exam 2: March 28
• Q-drop deadline: April 15, 5:00pm
• Final exam: May 6, 1:00-3:00pm, in BLOC 161

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Important information

• Exam 1 will cover Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (see info_exam1 for more details).
• Exam 2 will cover Chapter 3 (3.2-3.6), Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 (5.1) (see info_exam2 for more details).
• The final exam will be comprehensive but with a strong emphasis on Chapters 5 and 6 (see final_exam for practice exercices and see final_exam_sol for partial solutions).
• Extended office hours for the final exam: Wednesday, May 1, 1:00-3:00pm in BLOC 608P.

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Homework problems

• Homework 1 (quiz January 24)
  
  Section 1.1: 1(c), 2(c), 3(cd), 5(b), 6(eh), 8, 10
  Section 1.2: 1, 2(cde), 3(bce), 5(cgj), 9, 15 (see Application 1)


• Homework 2 (quiz February 7)
  
  Section 1.3: 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 16
  Section 1.4: 4, 7, 11(ac), 12, 13(a), 16, 22, 24
  Section 1.5: 1, 8(bc), 9, 10(d-f), 12, 16, 27
  Section 2.1: 1, 3(adfg), 4, 6, 11
  Section 2.2: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12
  Section 2.3: 2(ad), 4, 5, 14 (see Application 1)


• Homework 3 (quiz February 28)
  
  Section 3.1: 7
  Section 3.2: 2, 3(ag), 4(ab), 5(cd), 8, 11, 13, 15
  Section 3.3: 2(abe), 4(bc), 5, 6, 8, 9(ab), 13
  Section 3.4: 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14(ab)
  Section 3.5: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9


• Homework 4 (quiz March 21)
  
  Section 3.6: 1, 2(bc), 4(c-e), 7, 9, 15, 16, 18
  Section 4.1: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19
  Section 4.2: 4, 5, 6, 8, 14
  Section 4.3: 1a, 2, 4, 5, 9


• Homework 5 (no quiz, exam March 28)
  
  Section 5.1: 1cd, 3bc, 6, 8b, 9, 10, 17


• Homework 6 (quiz April 11)
  
  Section 5.2: 1(ab), 2, 4, 6, 12
  Section 5.3: 1, 5, 6, 7, 14 (see Application 3)


• Homework 7 (quiz April 25)
  
  Section 5.4: 3, 4, 7c, 9, 10, 16
  Section 5.5: 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 21
  Section 5.6: 1, 3, 7
  Section 6.1: 1(cdg), 2, 4, 10, 14, 18


• Additional problems for the final exam (May 6)
  
  Sections 6.2 and 6.3: Exercises 13-16 of final_exam

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Quizzes and exams (with solution)

Quiz1, Quiz2, Exam1, Quiz3, Quiz4, Exam2, Quiz5, Quiz6

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Material covered

Week 1: Syllabus, Sections 1.1, 1.2 and part of 1.3
Week 2: End of Section 1.3, Sections 1.4 and 1.5
Week 3: Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3
Week 4: Sections 3.1 and 3.2
Week 5: Section 3.3 and Exam 1
Week 6: Sections 3.4 and 3.5
Week 7: Section 3.6 and part of Section 4.1
Week 8: End of Section 4.1, Sections 4.2 and 4.3
Week 9: Section 5.1 and part of Section 5.2
Week 10: Review and Exam 2
Week 11: End of Section 5.2, Section 5.3 and part of Section 5.4
Week 12: End of Section 5.4 and Section 5.5
Week 13: Sections 5.6, 6.1 and part of 6.2
Week 14: End of Section 6.2 and Section 6.3