Math 2406 -- Spring 2012 -- Skiles 269, MW 3-4:30PM
Instructor: Greg Blekherman, email: greg@math.gatech.edu
Textbook: Linear Algebra, Apostol
Office Hours: 4:30-5:30PM Monday, 2-3PM Wednesday, Office: 222 Skiles
Course Policies and Grading: All information concerning grading, homework, quizzes and exams is in the course policies page.
Calendar and Syllabus: Important dates and lecture schedule are in the course calendar. This calendar is subject to revision during the term. The syllabus for the course is here.
Practice Problems:
Practice problems for Exam 1 are available here in pdf format.
Practice problems for Exam 2 are available here in pdf format.
Practice problems for Exam 3 are available here in pdf format.
Practice problems for the Final Exam are available here in pdf format.
Homework Assignments:
Assignment #1 is here, in pdf format.
Assignment #2. Section 3.5: #1,2,3,4,10,12,15,21,25
Section 3.10: #1,7
Assignment #3. Section 3.10: #6,9,16,17,22,23,26 Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Section 3.13: #1,2
Assignment #4. Section 3.13: #4,6,8,10,11,14,16 Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Section 3.17: #1,2
Assignment #5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(mathematics) Sections 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4-2.6
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~larryc/proofs/proofs.html Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Do: Direct Proofs #1,5
Proof by Contradiction #4
Proof by Contrapositive #3
If and only If #4
Mathematical Induction #1
Unwinding Definitions #1
Counterexamples #2
Proof By Exhaustion #1
Well Defined #2
Pigeonhole Principle #1
Assignment #6. Read: www.math.columbia.edu/~thaddeus/linear/proof.pdf
Read: www.aw-bc.com/chartrand/ch15.pdf Sections 1-7. Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Do exercises: 15.9,15.20,15.24,15.26
In our textbook do: Section 3.17: #3,4
Assignment #7. Section 4.4: #4,5,7,11,15,18,19,22,24,25,26. Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Assignment #8: Section 4.12 #7,8,10,11,14,19 Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Section 4.16: #4,8,10
Assignment #9: Section 4.16: #9,11,15 Solutions to selected problems are posted here.
Section 4.21: #10
Section 5.8: #4,5,7,9
Assignment #10: Section 5.20: #1,2,3
Section 5.22: #2,3,7