Math 235: Linear Algebra

Spring 2016

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: T 10:30-12:30, 1:30-2; W 10-1; F 10:30-12:30, 1:30-2 or by appointment

Textbook: Shifrin & Adams, Linear Algebra: A Geometric Approach (second edition)

Class Meetings: TF 9:30-10:20, W 9:00-9:50 BNW 333

Final Exam: Thursday, May 12, 8AM

Other Stuff

Coming Attractions

1/27: Homework #1 due
Section 1.1: 2, 4, 5, 6abdfh, 13, 25a
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2/3: Homework #2 due
Section 1.1: 9a, 10c,
Section 1.2: 1abc, 3, 4, 6, 13
Section 1.3: 3ab, 6
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2/10: Homework #3 due
Section 1.4: 2, 3e, 4bd, 7a, 11b
Section 1.5: 2a, 3b
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2/17: Homework #4 due
Section 1.5: 8a, 12abde
Section 1.6: 5 (see "example 2" for inspiration)
Section 2.1: 1agh
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2/24: Homework #5 due
Section 2.1: 6bc, 8ac (do the induction), 12abd, 13a
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2/26: Exam #1
 
3/16: Homework #6 due
Section 2.2: 1, 2, 4acd, 6, 11c
Section 2.3: 1ad, 2a (just i and ii)
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3/23 (or later): Homework #7 due
Section 2.4: 3be, 6a
Section 2.5: 1ad, 2ab, 6 ("symmetric" means A = AT), 20
Section 3.1: 1beg
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3/30: Homework #8 due
Section 3.1: 4, 5, 15a
Section 3.2: 4b, 7a
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4/6: Homework #9 due
Section 4.1: 10 (don't discuss the errors), 11 (see p. 196 for a trick on how to do this)
Section 3.3: 1, 2abc, 8
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4/8: Exam #2
 
4/20: Homework #10 due
Section 3.3: 3cd, 4a
Section 3.4: 1a, 3a (verify the dimensions add up like they should, don't do anything with orthogonality), 8ab, 12
Section 3.6: 1
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4/22: Exam #2 revisions due
 
4/27: Homework #11 due
Section 3.6: 2ab, 3acf, 6be (for 3 & 6, just say if it's a subspace), 13b
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Homework #12 (not collected)
Section 5.1: 1ac, 5, 10, 11
Section 6.1: 1ah, 3
5/12: Final exam, 8AM