Professor John Beachy, Watson 355, 753-6753, email: beachy@math.niu.edu
Office Hours: 9:00-10:00 M W F (in Watson 355), or by appointment
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The departmental final exam
(listed under mass exams in the schedule of classes)
will be given on
Wednesday, December 12,
from 8:00 to 9:50 PM
The exam is scheduled for DU 302,
which is just down the hall from our room.
Previous final exams (in Acrobat Reader format): Fall 99 with Solutions | Fall 00 | Spring 06
Final exams from Fall 2004 and Fall 2002 are posted on the departmental web site. There are also some old final exams on reserve in the library.
The Review Session is scheduled for today, Tuesday, from 4:00-6:00
in DU 310.
The weather being what it is, it seemed better to schedule the
review session in the afternoon than at night.
If you can't make it at 4:00, come when you can.
I'll have office hours from 6:00 to 7:00 so that you can
ask questions individually (or in groups).
During exam week I do not have regularly scheduled office hours, but I will be in my office, and you are welcome to stop in any time. It is probably safest to email me to set up a time.
REVIEW
Chapter Summaries
from the textbook by Kolman
(8 pages, Acrobat reader format)
Sample Exam 1 from Fall 2002
Solutions
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Exam 1 solutions
Sample questions for Exam 2
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Exam 2 solutions
Sample questions for Exam 3
Solutions
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Exam 3 solutions are in the Study guide on reserve in the library
DATE ASSIGNMENT
Thursday, 1/6 HMWK Hand in 7.2 #10; 7.3 #20
Friday, 11/20 EXAM 3 covering 5.3-5.5, 6.1-6.3, 6.5
(POSTPONED FROM THE SCHEDULED TIME ON WEDNESDAY)
Friday, 11/16 QUIZ 10 on 6.1, 6.2
Friday, 11/9 QUIZ 9 on 5.4, 5.5
Friday, 11/2 QUIZ 8 on 5.1, 5.3
Friday, 10/26 EXAM 2 covering Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
Friday, 10/19 QUIZ 7 covering 3.1, 3.2
HMWK 3 (20 points) 4.8 p267 #13,15 3.2 p 155 #7a, 15
Friday, 10/12 QUIZ 6 covering 4.8, 4.9
Friday, 10/5 QUIZ 5 covering 4.6, 4.7
Friday, 9/28 QUIZ 4: Takehome quiz due Monday
Friday, 9/21 EXAM 1 covering through Section 4.3
Friday, 9/14 QUIZ 3: Sections 2.1 - 2.3
HMWK 2: 2.2 #2,8,14 2.3 #11b,13
Friday, 9/7 QUIZ 2: Sections 1.3 - 1.5
Friday, 8/31 QUIZ 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.2
HMWK 1: 1.1 p8 #2, 14, 22
1.2 p19 #12, 13, 19
Here are copies of Quiz 4 and Quiz 9
Quiz solutions: Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 | Quiz 6 | Quizzes 7 and 8 | Quiz 9 | Quiz 10
SYLLABUS
COURSE:
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS (4)
Matrix algebra and solutions of systems of linear equations,
matrix inversion, determinants.
Vector spaces, linear dependence, basis and dimension, subspaces.
Inner products, Gram-Schmidt process.
Linear transformations, matrices of a linear transformation.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Applications.
Constructing and writing mathematical proofs.
A transition between beginning calculus courses
and upper-level mathematics courses.
PREREQUISITE: Math 232.
TEXT:
Elementary Linear Algebra,
9th Edition (2007),
by Kolman and Hill
GRADING: Semester grades will be based on 600 points:
The last day for undergraduates to withdraw from a full-session course is Friday, October 19.
HOUR TESTS: If you cannot take a test at the scheduled time, you must contact me before the time of the test.
HOMEWORK: You should work all of the recommended homework problems. These will be important in class discussions. I will collect and grade some of the problems, on specific homework assignments.
QUIZZES: You should be prepared for a quiz each Friday. The quizzes will be designed to test that you are doing all of the recommended homework problems. I also reserve the right to give unannounced quizzes in any class period.
FINAL EXAMINATION: The departmental final exam (listed under mass exams in the schedule of classes) will be given on Wednesday evening, December 12, 2007, from 8:00 to 9:50 P.M.
GENERAL ADVICE: The WEB site Understanding Mathematics: a study guide has a good discussion about learning mathematics. There are additional WEB resources listed here.
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday M Tu W Th F
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 AUG 27 28 29 30 31
HOLIDAY 1.5 2.1 2.2 SEP 03 04 05 06 07
2.3 2.3 4.2 4.2 10 11 12 13 14
4.3 4.3 Review EXAM I 17 18 19 20 21
4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 24 25 26 27 28
4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 OCT 01 02 03 04 05
4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 08 09 10 11 12
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 15 16 17 18 19
3.5 Review 5.1 EXAM II 22 23 24 25 26
5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 29 30 31 01 02
5.5 5.5 6.1 6.1 NOV 05 06 07 08 09
6.2 6.2 6.3 6.3 12 13 14 15 16
6.5 THANKSGIVING 19 20 21 22 23
6.5 EXAM III 7.1 7.1 26 27 28 29 30
7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 DEC 03 04 05 06 07
FINAL EXAM Wednesday evening, 8-9:50 PM 10 11 12 13 14
HANDOUTS
Handouts (in html format):
Course information | Lecture schedule (my section) | Syllabus (all sections) | List of suggested homework problems
Properties of the Real Numbers
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Definition of a Vector Space
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Another Proof of the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
SOLUTIONS
These are in pdf format:
Solutions to Sample Exam 3
Introductory lecture, in pdf format.
Click here for some class notes.
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