Math 4A Schedule

Linear Algebra with Applications

Spring 2013

Dates Topics Reading Homework
  Webwork (required) Recommended*
4/2-4/4 Systems of linear equations
Row reduction and echelon forms
Vector equations
1.1-1.3 Week 1
Due: Tuesday 8 April 6:00am
1.1.3, 1.1.16, 1.1.25, 1.2.4, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.14, 1.2.29, 1.3.6, 1.3.9, 1.3.12, 1.3.15, 1.3.22, 1.3.24
4/9-4/11 Simple Matrix equations
Solution sets
Applications
1.4-1.6 Week 2
Due: Tuesday 16 April 6:00am
1.4.1, 1.4.4, 1.4.7, 1.4.12, 1.4.22, 1.4.26, 1.4.39, 1.5.1, 1.5.6, 1.5.17, 1.5.22, 1.5.28, 1.5.30, 1.6.7
4/16-4/18 Linear independence
Linear transformations
1.7-1.9 Week 3
Due: Tuesday 23 April 6:00am
1.7.1, 1.7.6, 1.7.8, 1.7.9, 1.7.14, 1.7.19, 1.7.31, 1.8.2, 1.8.18, 1.8.19, 1.8.31, 1.9.1, 1.9.8, 1.9.12
4/23-4/25 Midterm 1
Matrix Operations
2.1 Week 4
Due: Tuesday 30 April 6:00am
2.1.1, 2.1.4, 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.17
4/30-5/2 Matrix Inverse
Determinants
2.2, 2.3, 3.1 Week 5
Due: Tuesday 7 May 6:00am
2.2.1, 2.2.6, 2.2.24, 2.2.30, 2.2.31, 2.3.2, 2.3.8, 3.1.5, 3.1.9, 3.1.21, 3.1.25
5/7-5/9 Properties of Determinants
Vector spaces and their subspaces
3.2, 4.1, 4.2 Week 6
Due: Tuesday 14 May 6:00am
3.2.1, 3.2.5, 3.2.9, 3.2.12, 3.2.22, 3.2.26, 4.1.2, 4.1.7, 4.1.9, 4.1.11, 4.1.15, 4.1.17, 4.1.24, 4.2.1, 4.2.5, 4.2.15, 4.2.21, 4.2.35
5/14-5/16 Midterm 2
Bases
4.3 Week 7
Due: Tuesday 21 May 6:00am
4.3.3, 4.3.6, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.14, 4.3.17, 4.3.36
5/21-5/23 Coordinate systems
Dimension and rank
Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
4.4-4.6, 5.1 Week 8
Due: Tuesday 28 May 6:00am
4.4.1, 4.4.5, 4.4.8, 4.5.1, 4.5.12, 4.5.13, 4.6.2, 4.6.6, 4.6.14
5/28-5/30 Diagonalization
Characteristic equation
Inner Product
5.2-5.3, 6.1 Week 9
Due: Tuesday 4 June 6:00am
5.1.2, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.13, 5.1.16, 5.1.22, 5.2.2, 5.2.5, 5.2.10, 5.2.15, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.5, 5.3.9, 5.3.14
6/4-6/6 Orthogonal sets
Least Squares
Gram-Schmidt
Review
6.2-6.5 Week 10
Due: Tuesday 11 June 6:00am
6.1.1, 6.1.5, 6.1.7, 6.1.10, 6.1.13, 6.1.20, 6.2.3, 6.2.6, 6.2.10, 6.2.17, 6.2.19, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.10
6/12 Final Exam Review in South Hall 6635 on Wednesday, June 12 from 1:30-4:30pm
6/13 FINAL EXAM Thursday 13 June, 8-11am

*From course textbook: David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Fourth Edition.