MATH 2210

Applied Linear Algebra

Fall 2018

Office: ACD 114A
Phone: (860) 405-9294
Office Hours: TuTh 10:00 - 11:00am. and by appointment
Open Door Policy: You are welcome to drop by to discuss any aspect of the course, anytime, on the days I am on campus-- Tuesdays and Thursdays.

General Information:

MATH 2210 is the introduction to linear algebra with elementary applications. covers the following major topics: linear systems of equations, matrices, determinants, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Class Meeting Times/Place: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Classroom ACD 311.

All classes start in ACD 311.

Textbooks: Required: Linear Algebra and its Applications, by David Lay

Homework Policy:

Homework is assigned every class and collected every Thursday. They are returned the following Tuesday with remarks and graded. The total weight of the homework grades is 150 point of the total 500 course points.

Exam Schedule:                    Exam 1: Thursday, October 11 ,            12:30 - 1:45p.m., Room: ACD 311
                                                        Exam 2: Thurday, November 15,         12:30 - 1:45p.m., Room: ACD 311
                                                        Final Exam: Tuesday, December 11,    1:00 - 3:00 p.m., Room: ACD 311

Grading Policy: Homework: 150, Exam 1: 100, Exam 2: 100, Final Exam: 150.

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Approximate schedule is below.

Please note: Some material will be presented differently than in the textbook.

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	Date	Chapter	Topic	Homework
Week 1	Tu. 8/28	1.1	Systems of Linear Equations	Ch. 1.1: Exercises 1,3,8,13,22,24
	Th. 8/30	1.2	Row Reduction and Echelon Forms	Ch. 1.2: Exercises 1,3,7,8,19,21,22

Week 2	Tu. 9/4	1.3	Vector Equations	Ch. 1.3 Exercises: 1,3,6,9,12,14,15,21
	Th. 9/6	1.4	The Matrix Equation Ax = b	Ch. 1.4 Exercises: 1,4,7,9,13,22,23,25,42

Week 3	Tu. 9/11	1.5	Solutions Sets of a Linear Equation	Ch. 1.5 Exercises: 2,5,11,23
	Th. 9/13	1.7	Linear Independence	Ch. 1.7 Exercises: 1,5,8,9,15,20,22,33,34

Week 4	Tu. 9/18	1.8	Introduction to Linear Transformations	Ch. 1.8 Exercises: 1,8,9,13,17,31
	Th. 9/20	1.9	The Matrix of a Linear Transformation	Ch. 1.9 Exercises: 1,2,15,20

Week 5	Tu. 9/25	1.10	Linear Models in Science and Engineering	Ch. 1.10 Exercises: 2,5,8,11
	Th. 9/27	2.1	Matrix Algebra: Operations	Ch. 2.1 Exercises: 2,5,7,10,15,27

Week 6	Tu. 10/2	2.2	Matrix Algebra: Inverses	Ch. 2.2 Exercises: 3,6,13,18,31
	Th. 10/4	2.3	Characterizations of Invertible Matrices	Ch. 2.3 Exercises: 5,6,22,23

Week 7	Tu. 10/9		Review.
	Th. 10/11		Exam 1

Week 8	Tu. 10/16	4.1	Vector Spaces and Subspaces	Ch. 4.1 Exercises: 1,7,11,13,15,31
	Th. 10/18	4.2	Null Spaces, Column Spaces, Linear Transformations	Ch. 4.2 Exercises: 3,11,14,17,21,23,25

Week 9	Tu. 10/23	4.3	Linear Independent Sets, Bases.	Ch. 4.3 Exercises: 3,4,9,11,13,15,23,24
	Th. 10/25	4.4	Coordinate systems	Ch. 4.4 Exercises: 1,2,11,12,13,17

Week 10	Tu. 10/30	4.5	Dimension of Vector Spaces	Ch. 4.5 Exercises: 1,9,11,17,19
	Th. 11/1	4.6	Rank	Ch. 4.6 Exercises: 2,5,7,10,13,27

Week 11	Tu. 11/6	5.1	Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Review	Ch. 5.1 Exercises: 2,3,7,13,17,19,23
	Th. 11/8	5.2	The Characteristic Equation	Ch. 5.2 Exercises: 2,5,12,15,20,21

Week 12	Tu. 11/13		Review. Practice exam 2 Practice exam 2. Solutions
	Th. 11/15		Exam 2

Week 13	Tu. 11/20		Thanksgiving recess. No Classes
	th. 11/22		Thanksgiving recess. No Classes

Week 14	Tu. 11/27	5.3	Diagonalization	Ch. 5.3 Exercises: 1,4,5,9,11,23,24,31
	Th. 11/29	6.1, 6.2	Inner Product and Orthogonality. Orthogonal Sets	Ch. 6.1 Exercises: 5,10,13,15,17 Ch. 6.2 Exercises: 1,2,9,11,14,20,26,27

Week 15	Tu. 12/4	6.4	Gram-Schmidt Process	Ch. 6.4 Exercises: 3,7,9
	Th. 12/6		Review. Practice Final Exam Practice Final Exam. Solutions

Week 16	Fri. 12/14		Final Exam, 10:30-12:30 p.m.

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