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Daily Syllabus - Math 221 Linear Algebra - Fall 2015

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  • All numbers indicate sections from Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition by Lay
  • RA due refers to Reading Assignments submitted through Wheaton onCourse
  • WW due refers to WebWork Assignments submitted through the WebWork site
  • PS due refers to written Problem Sets

Tuesday Thursday
9/1 Welcome to Linear Algebra!
1.1 Systems of Linear Equations 		9/3 1.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
1.3 Vector Equations
RA due @ 8:30 am
9/8 1.4 The Matrix Equation Ax=b
1.5 Solution Sets of Linear Systems
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		9/10 1.7 Linear Independence
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
9/15 1.8 Introduction to Linear Transformations
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		9/17 1.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
9/22 2.1 Matrix Operations
2.2 Inverse of a Matrix
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		9/24 2.3 Characterizations of Invertible Matrices
PS due by 4:00 pm
9/29 2.7 Applications to Computer Graphics

Exam 1 @ 6:30 pm
Covers through Section 2.2 		10/1 3.1 Introduction to Determinants
3.2 Properties of Determinants
RA due @ 8:30 am
10/6 4.1 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
4.2 Null Spaces, Column Spaces, and Linear Transformations
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm
PS due Wed 10/7 by 3:00 pm 		10/8 No Class Today
I will be at a conference
10/13 Fall Break 10/15 4.3 Linearly Independent Sets; Bases
RA due @ 8:30 am
10/20 4.3 Linearly Independent Sets; Bases
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		10/22 4.4 Coordinate Systems
4.5 The Dimension of a Vector Space
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
10/27 4.6 Rank

Exam 2 @ 6:30 pm
Covers through Section 4.3 		10/29 4.9 Applications to Markov Chains
RA due @ 8:30 am
11/3 5.1 Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
5.2 The Characteristic Equation
RA due @ 8:30 am 		11/5 5.3 Diagonalization
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
11/10 5.6 Discrete Dynamical Systems
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		11/12 6.1 Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
11/17 6.2 Orthogonal Sets
RA due @ 8:30 am
WW due @ 11:00 pm 		11/19 6.3 Orthogonal Projections
RA due @ 8:30 am
PS due by 4:00 pm
11/24 Exam 3
You may start at 8:30 am
Covers through Section 6.2 		11/26 Thanksgiving Break
12/1 6.4 The Gram-Schmidt Process 12/3 6.5 Least-Squares Problems
RA due @ 8:30 am
12/8 10.1 & 10.2 Google's PageRank Algorithm
WW due @ 11:00 pm
PS due by 4:00 pm 		12/10 10.1 & 10.2 Google's PageRank Algorithm
Final Exam
Monday 12/14, 2:00 - 5:00

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