Fall 2001
Last modified 8/23/01
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||||
| 9/3 | 9/5 | Welcome to Linear Algebra | 9/7 | 1.2: Row Reduction | |||
| 1.1: Systems of Linear Eqns | and Echelon Forms | ||||||
| 9/10 | 1.3: Vector Equations | 9/12 | 1.4: Matrix Equation Ax=b | 9/14 | 1.5: Solution sets of | ||
| Linear Systems | |||||||
| PS 1 due (Individual) | |||||||
| 9/17 | 1.6: Linear Independence | 9/19 | The Big Picture | 9/21 | Quiz 1 | ||
| Section 1.7 | |||||||
| PS 2 due (group) | |||||||
| 9/24 | 1.7: Intro to Linear Transforms | 9/26 | 1.8: The Matrix of Linear | 9/28 | 2.1: Matrix Operations | ||
| Transformations | |||||||
| 5pm: Johnson lecture, Hindle | PS 3 due (individual) | ||||||
| 10/1 | 2.2: The Inverse of a Matrix | 10/3 | 2.3: Characterizations of | 10/5 | The Big Picture | ||
| Invertible Matrices | |||||||
| Hand Out Exam 1 | No homework due this week | Exam 1 due | |||||
| 10/8 | 10/10 | Section 1.9, 4.9 | 10/12 | Section 1.9, 4.9 | |||
| Fall Break | |||||||
| PS postponed to Friday | PS 4 due (group) | ||||||
| 10/15 | Quiz 2 | 10/17 | 3.1: Intro to Determinants | 10/19 | The Big Picture | ||
| 2.8: Applications to Computer | 3.2: Properties of Determinants | ||||||
| Graphics | PS 5 due (individual) | ||||||
| 10/22 | 4.1: Vector Spaces and Subspaces | 10/24 | 4.2: Null Spaces, Column | 10/26 | 4.3: Linearly Independent Sets, | ||
| Spaces, etc | Bases | ||||||
| PS 6 due (group) | Project 1 due | ||||||
| 10/29 | The Big Picture | 10/31 | 4.5: The Dimension of a | 11/2 | 4.6: Rank | ||
| Vector Space | 5.1: Eigenvectors and | ||||||
| PS 7 due (individual) | Eigenvalues | ||||||
| 11/5 | Quiz 3 | 11/7 | 5.2: The Characteristic | 11/9 | The Big Picture | ||
| 5.1 (continued) | Equation | ||||||
| PS 8 due (group) | |||||||
| 11/12 | Section 5.3 | 11/14 | Section 5.6 | 11/16 | 6.1: Inner Product, Length, | ||
| Diagonalization | Discrete Dynamical Systems | and Orthogonality | |||||
| Hand out Exam 2 | No homework due this week | Exam 2 due | |||||
| 11/19 | The Big Picture | 11/21 | 11/23 | ||||
| Thanksgiving Break | |||||||
| 11/26 | 6.2: Orthogonal Sets | 11/28 | 6.3: Orthogonal Projections | 11/30 | 6.5: Least Squares Problems | ||
| PS 9 due (individual) | |||||||
| 12/3 | The Big Picture | 12/5 | 6.6: Applications to Linear | 12/7 | 6.6 (continued) | ||
| Models | Project 2 due | ||||||
| PS 10 due (group) | |||||||
| 12/10 | The Big Picture | 12/12 | 12/14 | Takehome Final Due | |||
| Handout Final | 2:00 PM | ||||||
| Go over Exam 2 | |||||||
Janice Sklensky
Wheaton College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Science Center, Room 109
Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
TEL (508) 286-3973
FAX (508) 285-8278
jsklensk@wheatonma.edu