Math 310: Applied Linear Algebra (Fall 2015)


General Information

Class Number: 35180
Text: Linear Algebra and its Applications. David C. Lay. 5th ed.
Instructor: Chris Skalit
Lectures: MWF 9:00-9:50am, BSB 140
Grader: Seckin Adali
Grader Office Hours: MWF 8-9AM, MSLC (SEO 430)

Click here to see the course syllabus. Quizzes will occur every Wednesday (except for the first week and exam weeks) and will be based on material covered in the previous week. Homework will not be collected, but will serve as a basis for quiz/exam problems.
Grades and some scans of lecture notes may be found on Blackboard.

Lecture Summary

Homework is assigned daily but collected only on Wednesdays.
Week Lecture Date Section Suggested Problems
1 1 August 24 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30
2 August 26 1.2: Row Reduction and Echelon Forms 2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33
3 August 28 1.3: Vector Equations 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 23, 24, 26, 28
2 1 August 31 1.4: The Matrix Equation Ax = b 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 31
5 September 2 1.5: Solution Sets of Linear Systems
Quiz 1
1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32, 37
6 September 4 1.6: Applications of Linear Systems 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
3 - September 7 Labor Day -- No Class  
7 September 9 1.7: Linear Independence
Quiz 2
1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 27, 29, 37
8 September 11 1.8: Linear Transformations 1, 3, 5. 9, 11, 19, 21, 22, 29, 33
4 9 September 14 1.9: Matrix of a Linear Transformation 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27
10 September 16 2.1: Matrix Operations
Quiz 3
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16,
11 September 18 2.2: Inverse of a Matrix 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 23, 29, 31, 33
5 12 September 21 2.3: Characterization of Invertible Matrices 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21
13 September 23 2.5: Matrix Factorization
Quiz 4
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
14 September 25 3.1: Introduction to Determinants 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 25, 27, 29
6 15 September 28 3.2: Properties of Determinants 5, 7 9, 11 13, 17, 21, 25, 27, 28
- September 30 Exam 1
16 October 2 3.3: Cramer's Rule 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23
7 17 October 5 4.1: Vector Spaces and Subspaces 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 24
18 October 7 4.2: Null Spaces, Column Spaces, and Linear Transformations
Quiz 5
3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 21, 23, 25, 26, 31, 33
19 October 9 4.3: Linear Independence & Bases 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23
8 20 October 12 4.4: Coodinate Systems 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 27, 29, 31
21 October 14 4.5 Dimension of a Vector Space
Quiz 6
1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 20, 23
22 October 16 4.6 Rank 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21
9 23 October 19 4.7: Change of Basis 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13
24 October 21 5.1: Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
Quiz 7
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 22
25 October 23 5.2: The Characteristic Equation 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22
10 26 October 26 5.3: Diagonalization 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 22
27 October 28 5.4: Eigenvectors and Linear Transformations
Quiz 8
1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17,
28 October 30 5.5 Complex Eigenvalues 1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 17
11 29 November 2 4.9 Markov Chains 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
30 November 4 5.7 Applications to Differential Equations (Real Case)
Quiz 9
1, 3, 5, 7
31 November 6 5.7 Applications to Differential Equations (Complex Case) 9, 11, 13, 15
12 32 November 9 Catch Up & Review  
- November 11 Exam 2  
33 November 13 6.1: Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20
13 34 November 16 6.2 Orthogonal Sets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24
35 November 18 6.3 Orthogonal Projections
Quiz 10
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22
36 November 20 6.4 Gram-Schmidt 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 18
14 37 November 23 6.5 Least Squares 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18
38 November 25 6.6 Applications to Linear Models
Quiz 11
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
- November 27 No Class
15 39 November 30 7.1 Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 26
40 December 2 7.4 Singular Value Decomposition
Quiz 12
1, 3, 5, 7, 9 , 11, 13
41 December 4 Review for Final Exam

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