Math 317 Assigned Proofs: Each assigned proof is due at the second class meeting following the day it is assigned. Thus (unless a holiday intervenes) a proof assigned on a Monday is due on Thursday of the same week; a proof assigned on Friday is due the following Tuesday, &c.
| MONTH or WEEK | DAY | Topic, Event | Section; Homework Problems | Assigned Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANUARY | ||||
| Chapter 1: Vectors & Matrices §7.1: Complex Vectors & Matrices | ||||
| WEEK 1 | 14-18 January | |||
| Mon 14 | Course Introduction Syllabus, Objectives | |||
| Vector operations | §1.1 #1,4,5,6,8,9,14,20 | §1.1 #11 | ||
| Tue 15 | The Dot Product | §1.2 #2,5,7,9,10,12-17,19-21 | §1.2 #11 | |
| Thu 17 | Proof Techniques | §1.3 #1,5,8,14,19 | ||
| Fri 18 | Proof Techniques | §1.3 #4 | ||
| WEEK 2 | 21-25 January | |||
| Mon 21 | Martin Luther King Day Holiday No class meeting | |||
| Tue 22 | Matrix Operations | §1.4 #1(d),(h),(j), 2(H),(K),(M), 3(a), 14 | §1.4 #13 | |
| Thu 24 | Matrix Multiplication | §1.5 #1(a),(i),(n), 2(b), 7-9,13,19,20,21(b),23,26 | §1.5 #14(b) | |
| Fri 25 | Complex Vectors & Matrices | §7.1 #1,3(a),(c),(d),(f),(i), 6-9 | §7.1 #10 | |
| Chapter 2: Systems of Linear Equations §10.1: Elementary Matrices | ||||
| WEEK 3 | 28 January - 1 February | |||
| Mon 28 | Gaussian Elimination | §2.1 #1(a),(e)(g),2(b),(c),3,5,8,9 | §2.1 #10 | |
| Tue 29 | Reduced Echelon Form | §2.2 #1,2(a),(d),(f),3,4(a),5(b),7,8,12,13 | §2.2 #11(a),(c),(d) | |
| Thu 31 | 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 #18 | |
| FEBRUARY | ||||
| Fri 1 | 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 #18 | |
| WEEK 4 | 4 - 8 February | |||
| Mon 4 | Matrix Inverses, continued | |||
| Tue 5 | Elementary Matrices | §10.1 #1,2(a),7,8,9 | §10.1 #3 | |
| Thu 7 | 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 8 | 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 | 11-15 February | |||
| Mon 11 | 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 #14 | |
| Tue 12 | Determinants and Row Reduction | §3.2 1,2(c),(d), 3(c),(d), 4(a),(c), 5,7,8,11 | ||
| Thu 14 | §3.2 #12 | |||
| Fri 15 | Further Properties | §3.3 2(c),(d), 4(c), 8,15,16,21 | §3.3 #19 | |
| WEEK 6 | 18-22 February | |||
| Mon 18 | 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 19 | Eigenvalues, continued | §3.4 #20 | ||
| Thu 21 | Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors In-Class Exercise: 2x2 Real Matrices with Complex Eigenvalues [PostScript] [Acrobat] Work in teams of 2-3. | §7.2 1(c),2(c),3,4 | §7.2 #4(c) | |
| Chapter 4: Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces | ||||
| Fri 22 | Introduction to Vector Spaces | §4.1 #3,6,12,14,18 | §4.1 #11 | |
| WEEK 7 | 25-29 February | |||
| Mon 25 | Subspaces | §4.2 #1,2,5,7(d),11,13,14 | ||
| Tue 26 | Subspaces, continued | §4.2 #18 | ||
| Thu 28 | Span | §4.3 #1(b),(c),(f), 4,6,7,10,14,23,25 | §4.3 #24 | |
| Fri 29 | Linear Independence In-class Exercise: [PostScript] [Acrobat] | §4.4 #1-4,7,9,12,13,16,22,26,27 | ||
| MARCH | ||||
| WEEK 8 | 3 - 7 March | |||
| Mon 3 | Linear Independence, continued | §4.4 #19 | ||
| Tue 4 | REVIEW of Chapters 3 & §§4.1-4. | |||
| Thu 6 | Hour Exam 2: Chapter 3 & §§4.1-4. Objectives for Hour Exam 2. | |||
| Fri 7 | Basis and Dimension | §4.5 #1(a),(d), 4,7,12-14,18,19,23 | ||
| WEEK 9 | 10-14 March | |||
| Mon 10 | Basis and Dimension, continued | §4.5 #15 | ||
| Tue 11 | Constructing Special Bases | §4.6 #1,7,11,13,19 | §4.6 #15(a) | |
| Thu 13 | Coordinatization | §4.7 #1(a),(b),(e),(f),(h),(i), 2(a),(c),(e),(g), 5,6 | ||
| Fri 14 | Coordinatization, continued | §4.7 #7(b) | ||
| SPRING RECESS 17 - 21 MARCH | ||||
| Chapter 5: Linear Transformations §7.3: Complex Vector Spaces | ||||
| WEEK 10 | 24-28 March | |||
| Mon 24 | Introduction to Linear Transformations | §5.1 1,5,7,8,12-14, 16,17,22,23,27,28 | ||
| Tue 25 | Linear Transformations, continued Appendix B: Functions | Appendix B #2,4-8,10,11 | §5.1 #18 | |
| Thu 27 | 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 28 | Matrix of Linear Transformation, continued | §5.2 #27 | ||
| WEEK 11 | 31 March - 4 April | |||
| Mon 31 | The Dimension Theorem | §5.3 #1,3,6,7,9,11,13 | §5.3 #17 | |
| APRIL | ||||
| Tue 1 | Isomorphism | §5.4 #1,3,5,7,10,11,12,14,27 | ||
| Thu 3 | Isomorphism, continued | §5.4 #20 | ||
| Fri 4 | Diagonalization of Linear Operators | §5.5 #1(e),(f), 4,5,7,8,10,15,16 | ||
| WEEK 12 | 7-11 April | |||
| Mon 7 | Diagonalization, continued | §5.5 #13 | ||
| Tue 8 | Complex Vector Spaces | §7.3 #2 | §7.3 #4 | |
| Thu 10 | REVIEW of Chapters 4 & 5 | §4.5 #13 §4.7 #6 §5.2 #14 §5.5 #10 | ||
| Fri 11 | Hour Exam 3: Chapters 4 & 5 Objectives for Hour Exam 3. | |||
| WEEK 13 | 14-18 April | |||
| Chapter 6: Orthogonality §§7.4-5: Orthogonality in C^n, Inner Product Spaces §§8.10 & 8.3: Least Squares Problems | ||||
| Mon 14 | Orthogonal Bases, Gram-Schmidt algorithm | §6.1 #1, 3(a)(b), 4(a),(b), 5(b)(d), 7(a)(b), 9-11, 15 | ||
| Tue 15 | §6.1 #12 | |||
| Thu 17 | 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 18 | §6.2 #14 | |||
| WEEK 14 | 21-25 April | |||
| Mon 21 | Orthogonal Diagonalization | §6.3 #1, 3(a)(c)(d)(f), 6,7,9,11,12 | §6.3 #10 | |
| Tue 22 | Least Squares | §8.10 #1,4 | ||
| Thu 24 | §8.10 #5 | |||
| Fri 25 | Least squares polynomials | §8.3 #1,2,4(b),6,9 | §8.3 #8 | |
| WEEK 15 | 28 April - 2 May | |||
| Mon 28 | Orthogonality in C^n | §7.4 #4,5,11,12,14 | §7.4 #7(b) | |
| Tue 29 | Inner product spaces over a field | §7.5 #1-4,7-8,12,16,25,29 | §7.5 #11 | |
| MAY | ||||
| Thu 1 | REVIEW | |||
| Fri 2 | REVIEW | |||
| FINAL EXAMS | 5 - 9 May | |||
| Fri 9 | FINAL EXAM 7:30 - 9:30am, 4 Carver Objectives for final exam. | |||