Math260

Textbook: Linear Algebra by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, and Lawrence E. Spence, 4^th edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-008451-4

Time: Tuesday and Thursday from 5:35 to 7:25

Room: 204 HW

Topics:

Vector Spaces, Linear Equations, Matrices and Linear Transformations, RREF, Null Space and Image, Determinants, Inner Products, Gram-Schmidt, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, Diagonalizability, Jordan Forms.

Grade distribution:

Final 40%

Midterms 50%

Homework 10%

Final exam information:

Date: Tuesday December 17th from 5:20-7:20 PM.

Location: The final exam location is the usual class room.

Sample exam: Practice Final.

Sections covered: Appendix A,B,C and Sections 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.6, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.5, 5.1-5.2, 5.4, 6.1-6.6. 6.8. 6.11, 7.1-2.

Extra office hours: Tuesday December 10th from 3:30-5:30 PM.

Midterm 1 information:

Date: Thursday October 3rd.There will be five to eight problems plus one bonus question. All material from Appendix A,B,C and Sections 1.1-1.6., 2.1-2.4., 2.6. 3.1-3.4. 4.1-4.5. 5.1.-5.2. 5.4. will be fair game. One question will require you to simply give definitions. One to three questions will primarily focus on computations. The rest will be proofs. You will have 110 minutes. The following is a sample midterm: Practice Midterm 1. I make no guarantee that it will be similar to the actual midterm.

Midterm 2 information:

Date: Thursday November 14th. There will be five to eight problems plus one bonus question. All material from Appendix A,B,C and Sections 1.1-1.6., 2.1-2.4., 2.6., 3.1-3.4. 4.1-4.5. 5.1.-5.2. 5.4. will be fair game. The emphasis will be on Sections 3.1-3.4. 4.1-4.5. 5.1.-5.2. 5.4. One question will require you to simply give definitions. One to four questions will primarily focus on computations. The rest will be proofs. You will have 110 minutes. The following is a sample midterm: Practice Midterm 2. I make no guarantee that it will be similar to the actual midterm.

Homework:

Homework will be collected weekly at the end of class (generally on Tuesdays). If you cannot attend class, you may email your homework to me before the end of that day's class. A few randomly selected questions on each set will be graded.

-Homework 1, due September 10th. Homework 1 worked example.

-Homework 2, due September 17th. Homework 2 worked example.

-Homework 3, due September 24th. Homework 3 worked example.

-Homework 4, due October 1st. Homework 4 worked example.

-No homework due October 8th.

-Homework 5, due October 10th. Note, this is a Thursday.

-Homework 6, due October 17th. Homework 6 worked example.

-Homework 7, due October 29th. Note this is a Tuesday.

-Homework 8, due November 5th. Homework 8 worked example.

-Homework 9, due November 12th.

-Homework 10, due November 26th.

-Homework 10, due November 26th. Homework 10 worked example.