Math 129A: Linear algebra I

Spring 2002, MacQuarrie 224, MWF 12:30pm (Sec 10, code 10548)

Last update of this page: Sat Aug 17, 2002

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Administrative handouts:

Course greensheet, Information sheet, Homework in 129a, Getting access to MATLAB.

Course notes:

Definitions, theorems, and proofs, Writing mathematics in paragraph style.

Review of spanning and linear independence, More about dimension, The long theorems.

Click here to download MATLAB files for computer projects.

Topics for exams:

Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, Final.

Sample exams:

Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, Final.

Short answer homework:

Practice means the practice problems at the beginning of each section; if no numbers are given, then all practice problems are to be done.

HW Due date Problems to be done but not turned in Problems to be turned in
SA01 Fri Jan 25 (1.1) 1; practice. (1.1) 4, 8, 12, 16, 18.
SA02 Wed Jan 30 (1.2) 1; practice. (1.2) 2, 12, 18, 26, 30, 34.
SA03 Fri Feb 01 (1.3) 1; practice. (1.3) 6, 8, 16, 20, 26, 30, 36.
SA04 Wed Feb 06 (1.4) 1; practice. (1.4) 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 28.
SA05 Fri Feb 08 (1.5) practice 2, 3; (1.6) 1, practice. (1.5) 20; (1.6) 6, 16, 20, 26, 28.
SA06 Mon Feb 18 (1.7) practice 1. (1.6) 36; (1.7) 4, 8, 12, 16, 22.
SA07 Wed Feb 20 (1.7) 1, practice 2. (1.7) 32, 36; (pp. 80-81) 22, 34, 44, 50.
SA08 Mon Feb 25 (2.1) practice. (2.1) 4, 6, 12, 18, 22, 28.
SA09 Wed Feb 27 (2.1) 1; (2.2) practice 1. (2.1) 42, 48; (2.2) 2(a,b only).
SA10 Mon Mar 04 (2.3) practice, 1. (2.3) 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 32.
SA11 Wed Mar 06 (2.4) practice, 1, 23. (2.4) 4, 6, 10, 18, 24, 26.
SA12 Fri Mar 08 (2.6) 1, practice 1, 3. (2.6) 4, 6, 10, 14, 28, 32 (28, 32: not linear)
SA13 Wed Mar 13 (2.6) practice 2; (2.7) 1, practice. (2.6) 20; (2.7) 12, 16, 32, 40, 56.
SA14 Wed Mar 20 (3.1) practice. (3.1) 4, 16, 20, 24, 26.
SA15 Fri Mar 22 (3.2) 1, practice. (3.2) 6, 12, 18, 22, 28, 38.
SA16 Mon Apr 08 (4.1) 1, practice. (4.1) 14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 48.
SA17 Wed Apr 10 (4.2) 1, practice. (4.2) 4, 14, 16, 24, 28, 32.
SA18 Mon Apr 15 (4.3) 1, practice. (4.3) 4, 8, 10, 20, 28, 34.
--- (none) More about dimension (none)
SA19 Fri Apr 19 (5.1) 1, practice. (5.1) 4, 10, 18, 22, 28, 32.
SA20 Mon Apr 22 (5.1) 37; (5.2) practice. (5.1) 24, 38; (5.2) 8, 12, 16.
SA21 Wed Apr 24 (5.2) 1, 3. (5.2) 4(a)(c), 20, 24, 32, 36.
SA22 Wed May 01 (5.3) practice. (5.3) 10, 12, 14, 18, 22.
SA23 Fri May 03 (5.3) 1, 3. (5.3) 4, 26, 30, 38, 46.
SA24 Wed May 08 (5.5) practice 1, 2, 3. (5.5) 12(a)(b), 28, 30, 32, 36.
SA25 Fri May 10 (6.1) 1, practice. (6.1) 6, 12, 16, 28, 32, 34.
SA26 Wed May 15 (6.2) 1, practice. (6.2) 6, 10, 16, 18, 22, 28.

Paragraph homework:

Click on the number or title of any highlighted homework to download it. (Files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, except computer projects, which are in Microsoft Word.)

HW Due date Title
P01 Mon Jan 28 Definitions and theorems
P02 Mon Feb 04 Numbers of solutions of systems of linear equations
P03 Mon Feb 11 Which span is bigger?
P04 Fri Feb 22 Linear dependence and independence
P05 (CP07) Fri Mar 01 Elementary analysis of the spotted owl population
P06 Mon Mar 11 Inverses; linear transformations
P07 (CP08) Fri Apr 05 Visualizing linear transformations
P08 Fri Apr 12 Subspaces
P09 Wed Apr 17 Basis and dimension
P10 (CP24) Mon May 06 Using eigenvalues to study spotted owls
P11 Mon May 13 Applications of eigenvalues

Reading assigned in course:

Writing handout, proof handout sect 1-2; 1.1-1.4, pp. 54-55, 1.6-1.7, 2.1-2.4, 2.6-2.7, 3.1-3.2, 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.3, 5.5, 6.1-6.2.

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