Class 17, Mon., Mar.11, 2013
We went over the quiz on rank and nullity, also geometric meaning of determinants.
Here is a handout on augmented matrices.
Chapter 4 homework (below) due Wednesday.
Class 16, Wed., Mar. 6, 2013
We went over more about determinants, including a proof that det(AB) = det(A) det(B).
The proof I showed you is here (Proof 2).
We also went over Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization, and did some eigenvector / eigenvalue examples.
Chapter 4 homework will be due next Wednesday:
Chapter 4 homework:
4.I.1 All checked and also problem 1.12
4.I.2 All checked
4.II.1 (Geometry of determinants) All checked
4.III.1 All checked
Class 15, Mon., Mar. 4, 2013
We went over Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization, determinants, and began material on eigenvalues.
Turn in chapter 3 homework through the end of chapter 3.VI.2 on Wednesday.
Class 14, Wed., Feb. 27, 2013
We went over the exam and most of the rest of chapter 3.
Class 13, Mon., Feb. 25, 2013
Exam 2, plus intro to determinants
Class 12, Wed., Feb. 20, 2013
We went over Chapter 3.IV.4 and 3.V.1. Exam on Monday will cover from Chapter 2.III.3 through 3.V.1.
Since we have not finished chapter 3, homework will not be due until we do complete chapter 3.
Here is the vocabulary list with definitions. However, we will not have the vocabulary quiz as part of Monday's exam. The vocabulary quiz will be later!
Do the checked problems in the sections we have covered.
Class 11, Wed., Feb. 13, 2013
We went over Chapter 3.IV.1 to 3.IV.4. Work on the checked problems.
Class 10, Mon., Feb. 11, 2013
We went over Chapter 3.III.1 and 3.III.2. Please work on checked homework problems from these sections.
Here is the vocabulary list.
Class 9, Wed., Feb. 6, 2013
We went over chapter 3.II.1 and 3.II.2.
Do the checked problems in chapter 3.
We'll probably have a quiz soon on dimension.
Class 8, Mon., Feb. 4, 2013
We went over the first two sections of chapter 3, and the exam.
Class 7, Wed., Jan. 30, 2013
We went over the rest of chapter 2, homework for chapter 2 is due Monday.
We also had first exam.
Class 6, Mon, Jan. 28, 2013
We went over material from chapter 2.III.3.
The first exam is on Wednesday. It will go through Chapter 2.III.2.
Turn in homework for chapter 2 on Wednesday after the exam.
Bring a scantron to the exam.
Class 5, Wed., Jan. 23
We went over material from Chapter 2 through section III.1 and part of III.2. We will go through III.2 and III.3 on Monday, and will skip section III.4 for now.
Do the checked problems in the sections we have covered. You may omit II.1 number 1.38.
Class 4, Wed., Jan. 16
We did a quiz on solving homogeneous systems of equations.
We also went over chapter 2.I.1 and 2.I.2. Begin working on homework in these sections: all checked problems except 2.I.1 #44
Homework for chapter 1 (all the checked problems) are due Wed., Jan. 23.
No class on Monday, it's Martin Luther King Day.
Here are some handouts that might be helpful to you. Please read!
Augmented matrices.
Linear Algebra vocabulary.
Class 3, Mon., Jan. 14
We went over Ch. 1.III.1 and 1.III.2.
Class 2, Wed., Jan. 9
The class went over Ch. 1.II.1 and 1.II.2.
Class 1, Mon., Jan 7
We went over sections Ch. 1.I.1, 1.I.2, and 1.I.3.