MATH 121
Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
Spring, 2009


Syllabus

Homework:

Assignment #1 (Due Fri, Jan 23)

Assignment #2 (Due Fri, Jan 30)

Assignment #3 (Due Fri, Feb 6)

Assignment #4 (Due Fri, Feb 20)

Assignment #5 (Due Fri, Feb 27)

Assignment #6 (Due Fri, Mar 6)

Assignment #7 (Due Mon, Mar 23)

Assignment #8 (Due Fri, Apr 3)

Assignment #9 (Due Fri, Apr 17)

Assignment #10 (Due Fri, Apr 24)

How I compute course grades

Matrices on TI-89
Here's a pretty good page about doing linear algebra on the TI-89

The Final Exam will be Tuesday, May 5, 8:00-10:00AM in our usual classroom (CU 137). It will cover everything that we've discussed all semester. There will be an emphasis on material since the second exam: sections 3.5, pp.233-235 and pp.240-243 of section 3.7, 4.1-4.3, 5.1, and pp.375-378 of section 5.2. Calculators will be allowed, but the questions won't assume you have one.

You should review all of the homework problems and suggestions for the first two exams. Here are a few suggested problems for the sections I didn't assign homework for:
p.356 #11,13 [Note that the positive eigenvalue is called the "steady state growth rate"]
p.373 #1,3,5,7,9,17
p.384 #3,7,9,11,12
p.249 #63,65-67,70

Exam 2 was Wednesday, Mar 25.
It will be covering sections 2.3, pp.106-113 of 2.4, 3.1-3.4, pp.189-192 of 3.5.
The questions will be like the following: p.100 #22-31; p.115 #19,20; p.116 #23,24,27; p.150 #1-16; p.159 #5-8; p.176 #1-10; p.177 #48-54,60-63; p.187 #1-12,27,28; p.207 #1-8. Remember that any of those question types might be asked about matrices mod p for some small prime p (like 2,3,5,7).
Calculators will be allowed, but the questions won't assume you have one.

Exam 1 was during class on Friday, Feb 13.
It will cover all of the material we've discussed so far using questions similar to the homework problems. That is sections 1.1-1.4, 2.1, 2.2, and spanning sets from 2.3 (pages 90-94). In addition to studying the problems from the first three homework sets, you might want to look at:
p64 #33, 34
p83 #9, 10, 13, 17, 25, 28, 33, 35, 36, 40, 45, 53-57
p99 #3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16


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