Math 92.221 -- Linear Algebra I
Fall 2009
Instructor: D. Klain
Lectures: MWF 12:30-1:20 in OH218
Office Hours: MWF 11:30am and by appointment
Office: OH 428N
Text: Leon, Linear Algebra with Applications, 7th Edition,
Addison-Wesley.
This course provides an introduction to linear algebra, being the first
semester of a year-long sequence.
Homework sets will be announced on this page each Friday.
A selection of problems from each set will appear in weekly
quizzes, also given each Friday. The homework counts for part of your grade, and
will account for an even more substantial part of your learning, so you should
take the homework very seriously. If you do the homework you will also
find the exams much easier.
There will be three exams and a final exam.
Tentative Exam Schedule
Exam #1 -- 10/02/09
Exam #2 -- 11/06/09
Exam #3 -- 12/04/09
Final Exam -- to be announced
Homework assignments will be announced weekly on this page. Check periodically for updates.
Week #1
Readings: Leon, Sections 1.1, 1.2
Problem Set:
Section 1.1 -- #1ab, 2ab, 3b, 6ad, 9
Section 1.2 -- #1, 3abd, 5abdhk, 7, 9, 13
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, September 11.
Week #2
Readings: Leon, Sections 1.3, 1.4
Problem Set:
Section 1.3 -- 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 13, 17, 26, 27
Section 1.4 -- 10abef
Optional Problem: Section 1.3 -- 24
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, September 18.
Week #3
Readings: Leon, Sections 1.4, 2.1
Problem Set:
Section 1.4 -- #2, 3a, 6, 7, 10abef, 11, 17, 18, 19, 22
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, September 25.
Week #4
Readings: Leon, Sections 2.1, 2.2
Problem Set:
Section 2.1 -- #1, 2, 3fg, 4cd, 5, 11
Section 2.2 -- #1c, 3ce, 4, 5, 7, 12
The first exam is
on Friday, October 2.
Week #5
Readings: Leon, Sections 2.2, 2.3
Problem Set:
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, October 9.
Weeks #6-7
Readings: Leon, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Problem Set:
Section 3.1 -- #1, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13
Section 3.2 -- #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20
Section 3.3 -- #1, 4
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, October 23.
Week #8
Readings: Leon, Sections 3.2, 3.3
Problem Set:
Section 3.3 -- #1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, October 30.
Week #9
Readings: Leon, Sections 3.4
Problem Set:
Section 3.4 -- #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15
The second exam is
on Friday, November 6.
Here is a practice test to help you study,
and here are the solutions.
Week #10-11
Readings: Leon, Sections 3.5, 3.6
Problem Set:
Section 3.5 -- #1, 2, 5, 7, 9
Section 3.6 -- #1, 2, 4ad, 8, 16, 18, 22, 25, 28
A brief quiz on this material will be given near the end of class
on Friday, November 20.
Week #12-13
Readings: Leon, Sections 4.1, 4.2
Problem Set:
Section 4.1 -- #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20
Section 4.2 -- #3, 4, 5, 11, 13, 17
The third exam is
on Friday, December 4.
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