CALENDAR for Mathematics 317 §A: Theory of Linear Algebra

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All ISU undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Problem of the Week Contest.

Math 317 Homework: Each homework assignment is due at the second class meeting following the day it is assigned. Thus (unless a holiday intervenes) an assignment made on a Monday is due on Thursday of the same week; an assignment made Friday is due the following Tuesday, &c.

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MONTH
or WEEK
DAY Topic, Event Chapter & Section;
Practice Problems
Assigned Homework
AUGUST
Chapter 1: Vectors & Matrices
§7.1: Complex Vectors & Matrices
WEEK 1 25 - 29 August
Mon 25 Course Introduction
Syllabus, Objectives
Vector operations §1.1 #4(b),6(b),7(f),11 §1.1 #8(b),25
Tue 26 The Dot Product §1.2 #1(d),2,8,9,11,18(b),19,21 §1.2 #10,15(b)
Thu 28 Proof Techniques §1.3 #1(a),5,8(b),14,19
Fri 29 Proof Techniques §1.3 #22
SEPTEMBER
WEEK 2 1 - 5 September
Mon 1 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
No class meeting
Tue 2 Matrix Operations §1.4 #1(d),(h),(j), 2(H),(K),(M), 14(b) §1.4 #3(c), 13
Thu 4 Matrix Multiplication §1.5 #1(a),(i),(n),
7-9,13,19,20,21(b),23,26
§1.5 #2(b), 21
Fri 5 Complex Vectors & Matrices §7.1 #1,3(a),(c),(d),(f),(i), 6-9 §7.1 #3(g), 10
Chapter 2: Systems of Linear Equations
§10.1: Elementary Matrices
WEEK 3 8 - 12 September
Mon 8 Gaussian Elimination §2.1 #1(a),(e)(g),2(b),(c),3,5,8,9 §2.1 #1(b), 10
Tue 9 Reduced Echelon Form §2.2 #1,2(a),(d),(f),3,4(a),5(b),7,8,12,13 §2.2 #4(b), 13
Thu 11 Equivalent Systems, Rank and Row Space §2.3 #1,2,5(e),(f),6(a),7,
8(a)-(c),9(d),13,16,19,21
§2.3 #8(b), 12
Fri 12 Inverses of Matrices §2.4 #2(a),(b),(d), 3(c),(d),(e), 4(a),(b),
6(a), 8, 10(a),(b), 13,14,20
§2.4 #4(f), 13
WEEK 4 15 - 19 September
Mon 15 Matrix Inverses, continued
Tue 16 Elementary Matrices §10.1 #1,2(a),7,8,9 §10.1 #2(b), 4
Thu 18 REVIEW of Chapters 1 & 2 and §§7.1, 10.1 §1.1 #26
§1.2 #23
§1.3 #25
§1.4 #15
§1.5 #27
§7.1 #11
§2.1 #11
§2.2 #14
§2.3 #22
§2.4 #21
§10.1 #10
Fri 19 Hour Exam 1: Chapters 1 & 2 and §§7.1, 10.1.
Objectives for Hour Exam 1.
Chapter 3: Determinants and Eigenvalues
§7.2: Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
WEEK 5 22 - 26 September
Mon 22 Introduction to Determinants §3.1 #1(c),(i), 2(a),(b), 3(c), 5(a),(b),
9(a),(b), 10,11(a),(b), 12,16
§3.1 #13(a), 16(a)
Tue 23 Determinants and Row Reduction §3.2 1,2(c),(d), 3(c),(d), 4(a),(c), 5,7,8,11
Thu 25 §3.2 #4(c), 13
Fri 26 Further Properties §3.3 2(c),(d), 4(c), 8,15,16,21 §3.3 #4(b), 16
WEEK 6 29 September - 3 October
Mon 29 Eigenvalues and Diagonalization §3.4 1(d),(e), 2(b),(c), 3(a),(c),(g),(h),
4(a),(b),(g), 5(b),(c), 6,12,15,16,22,23
Tue 30 Eigenvalues, continued §3.4 #3(f), 12
OCTOBER
Thu 2 Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
In-Class Exercise, working in teams of 2-3:
2x2 Real Matrices with Complex Eigenvalues]
§7.2 1(c),2(c),3,4 §7.2 #3(b), 4(c)
Chapter 4: Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces
Fri 3 Introduction to Vector Spaces §4.1 #3,6,12,14,18 §4.1 #11
WEEK 7 6 - 10 October
Mon 6 Subspaces §4.2 #1,2,5,7(d),11,13,14
Tue 7 Subspaces, continued §4.2 #18
Thu 9 Span §4.3 #1(b),(c),(f), 4,6,7,14,23,25 §4.3 #10, 26
Fri 10 Linear Independence
In-class Exercise: [PostScript] [Acrobat]
§4.4 #1-4,7,9,12,13,16,22,26,27
WEEK 8 13 - 17 October
Mon 13 Linear Independence, continued §4.4 #2(d), 19
Tue 14 REVIEW of Chapters 3 & §§4.1-4.
Thu 16 Hour Exam 2: Chapter 3 & §§4.1-4.
Objectives for Hour Exam 2.
Fri 17 Basis and Dimension §4.5 #1(a),(d), 4,7,12-14,18,19,23
WEEK 9 20 - 24 October
Mon 20 Basis and Dimension, continued §4.5 #15
Tue 21 Constructing Special Bases §4.6 #1,7,11,13,19 §4.6 #15(a)
Thu 23 Coordinatization §4.7 #1(a),(e),(f),(h),(i),
2(a),(c),(e),(g), 5,6
Fri 24 Coordinatization, continued §4.7 #1(b), 7(b)
Chapter 5: Linear Transformations
§7.3: Complex Vector Spaces
WEEK 10 27 - 31 October
Mon 27 Introduction to Linear Transformations §5.1 1,5,7,8,12-14,
16,17,22,23,27,28
Tue 28 Linear Transformations, continued
Appendix B: Functions
Appendix B #2,4-8,10,11 §5.1 #7
Thu 30 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation §5.2 2, 3(a)-(c), 6(c),7(b),8(b),
11,12, 13(c),(d), 17,18,21,23
Fri 31 Matrix of Linear Transformation, continued §5.2 #7(b), 18(g) (and §1.5 #22(c))
NOVEMBER
WEEK 11 3 - 7 November
Mon 3 The Dimension Theorem §5.3 #1,3,6,7,9,11,13 §5.3 #3(b), 11
Tue 4 Isomorphism §5.4 #1,3,5,7,10,11,12,14,27
Thu 6 Isomorphism, continued §5.4 #11, 21
Fri 7 Diagonalization of Linear Operators §5.5 #1(e),(f), 4,5,7,8,10,15,16
WEEK 12 10 - 14 November
Mon 10 Diagonalization, continued §5.5 #4(b), 13
Tue 11 Complex Vector Spaces §7.3 #2 §7.3 #4
Thu 13 REVIEW of Chapters 4 & 5 §4.5 #13
§4.7 #6
§5.2 #14
§5.5 #10
Fri 14 Hour Exam 3: Chapters 4 & 5
Objectives for Hour Exam 3.
WEEK 13 17 - 21 November
Chapter 6: Orthogonality
§§7.4-5: Orthogonality in C^n, Inner Product Spaces
§§8.10 & 8.3: Least Squares Problems
Mon 17 Orthogonal Bases, Gram-Schmidt algorithm §6.1 #1, 3(a)(b), 4(a),(b),
5(b)(d), 7(a)(b), 9-11, 15
Tue 18 §6.1 #5(b), 11
Thu 20 Orthogonal Complement §6.2 #1(b)(d)(f), 2(b)(d), 4(a)(b), 5,
7-9, 10(b)(c), 11-13, 18, 21, 22
Fri 21 §6.2 #2(d), 21
THANKSGIVING RECESS
24 - 28 NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
WEEK 14 1 - 5 December
Mon 1 Orthogonal Diagonalization §6.3 #1, 3(a)(c)(d)(f), 6,7,9,11,12 §6.3 #3(d), 12
Tue 2 Least Squares §8.10 #1,4
Thu 4 §8.10 #1(b), 5
Fri 5 Least squares polynomials §8.3 #1,2,4(b),6,9 §8.3 #1(b), 8
WEEK 15 8 - 12 December
Mon 8 Orthogonality in C^n §7.4 #4,5,11,12,14 §7.4 #7(b)
Tue 9 Inner product spaces over a field §7.5 #1-4,7-8,12,16,25,29 §7.5 #11
Thu 11 REVIEW §6.1 #9, 10, 14
§6.2 #8(a), 9(b)
§8.10 #2(b)
Fri 12 REVIEW §7.4 #4, 5, 12, 14
§7.5 #4
FINAL
EXAMS
15 - 19 December
Tue 16 FINAL EXAM
9:45am - 11:45am, 124 Carver
Objectives for final exam.

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