Table of topics and assignments

Date
Sections
Covered
Suggested assignment Comments
June 27
2.1
2.2
1, 3, 5, 7-11, 13, 14 p. 13
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 p. 21
Read also Chapter 1
June 28
2.3
2.4
1-3, 6, 7, 10, p. 25
3, 5, 9, 10 p. 28-29
Homework 1, due Tuesday, July 3
July 2
3.1
3.2
4-7, p.41-42
2-12, p. 45-46

July 3
3.3
part of 3.5
1-6
1, 4-8
Regular class on Thursday, July 5
July 4
No class

Happy Holiday!
July 5
2.5
rest of 3.5
2, 3, 5-8
4-8, 11
Homework 2, due Wednesday, July 11
Problems 5, 6, 7 page 55, textbook.
July 9
4.1
4.2
1-3, 6, 7
1, 2, 4, 5, 6

July 10
4.3
1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11-14

July 11
4.4
part of 4.5
1-3, 5, 10
1-5, 8

July 12
rest of 4.5
1-5, 8 Homework 3, due Thursday, July 19
is based on handout given in class
(pages 304-305 and 400 from Leon's Lin. Algebra, 7th edition)
1. For Application 1, explain how the solution to the differential equation (3)
can be approximated by the solution of the linear system A y=  (lambda) y
via the standard difference approximation;
2. Use MATLAB to solve Pb. 9  from the second page of the handout
July 16
4.6
1, 6, 7, 10, 11
Midterm is moved to Monday, July 23
Covers all sections we do up to Tue. July 17
from Chapters 2, 3 and 4.
July 17
4.8
1-3, 5-12 Know also the statement of Thm. 4.10 from section 4.7
July 18
5.1
5.2
1-4, 8-10
1, 2, 6, 7, 10
This is midterm I gave last year. You may use it for practice,
but be aware that changes will occur  in the structure of the subjects.
July 19
Review

For theoretical questions on the exam, I could choose results
(or parts of them) proved in class or exercises left in class.
You should know well all definitions and statements of important
theorems. Any exercise in the
suggested homework could be also a potential exam question.
July 23
Midterm

Homework 4, due Thursday, July 26
Pb. 6, page 91, Pb. 9, page 103.
July 24
part of  5.3
and 5.4


July 25
5.3
5.4
1, 2, 4, 5
1, 3, 4

July 26
5.6
1, 3-6, 15, 16 Homework 5, due Tuesday, July 31
Pb. 1, page 133, Pbs. 15, 16, page 135
July 30
6.1
6.2
1-8
1-5

July 31
6.4
6.5
1, 3 + class exercise
4-8, 10, 11

Aug. 1
Hadamard's
Determinant
Problem
exercises from handout
The lecture is based on this handout, adapted from a
section of the Master project of Adrian Iorgoni
Aug. 2
6.6
6.7
3, 4, 5
1-10
Homework 6, due Tuesday, Aug. 7
Ex. 2 from the handout on Aug. 1; Pbs. 6 and 8, page 178 textbook.
Aug. 6
class
cancelled


Aug. 7
The art of
weighing - handout


Aug. 8
Review

Final exam, on Thu. Aug. 9, covers sections done from Chapters 5 and 6.
Be sure to do the theoretical exercises left in class and all the suggested exercises. 
Aug. 9
Final Exam





Score on the final (out of 100) and grade for the class



Good luck!