Chapter Summaries from the textbook by Kolman (8 pages, Acrobat reader format)
Professor John Beachy, Watson 355, 753-6753, email: beachy@math.niu.edu
Office Hours: 11:00-11:50 M W R (in Watson 355), or by appointment
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DATE ASSIGNMENT
Friday, 4/21 EXAM 3, covering 5.1 - 5.3, 5.5, 6.1 - 6.5
Friday, 4/14 QUIZ 9: Sections 5.5, 6.1, 6.2
Friday, 4/7 QUIZ 8: Sections 5.1 - 5.3
HMWK 4: 5.3 #8, 10
Friday, 2/3 QUIZ 3: Sections 2.1, 2.2
Friday, 1/27 QUIZ 2: Sections 1.3 - 1.6
HMWK 2: 1.3 p31 #41 c
1.4 p38 #32, 34
1.5 p47 #15, 17
Friday, 1/20 QUIZ 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.2
HMWK 1: 1.1 p8 #2, 14, 20
1.2 p19 #10, 11, 15
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,
8th Edition (2004),
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, March 10.
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 Thursday, May 11, 2006, from 8:00 to 9:50 A.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
Holiday 1.1 1.2 1.3 JAN 16 17 18 19 20
1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1 23 24 25 26 27
2.1 2.2 2.2 3.2 30 31 1 2 3
3.2 3.3 3.3 Review FEB 6 7 8 9 10
EXAM I 3.4 3.4 3.5 13 14 15 16 17
3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 20 21 22 23 24
3.7 3.8 3.8 4.1 27 28 1 2 3
4.3 4.3 4.4 3.4 MAR 6 7 8 9 10
SPRING BREAK 13 14 15 16 17
4.5 4.5 Review EXAM II 20 21 22 23 24
5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 27 28 29 30 31
5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 APR 3 4 5 6 7
5.5 6.1 6.2 6.3 10 11 12 13 14
6.4 6.4 6.5 EXAM III 17 18 19 20 21
7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 24 25 26 27 28
7.4 7.4 Review Reading MAY 1 2 3 4 5
Day
FINAL EXAM Thursday, 8-9:50 AM 8 9 10 11 12
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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