Math 310 – Applied Linear Algebra

Spring 2013

TEXT: 'Linear Algebra with Applications' by Steven J. Leon, 8^th edition.

TOPICS: Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vector spaces, inner product spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

See departmental website for the course here.

Contact info:

Office:  SEO 718
Phone: (312) 413 2142
E-mail: kolga@uic.edu
Office hours: WF 11am-12pm

TA info:

Alexander J Stathis

Office:  SEO 1319
Phone: (312) 996 5192
E-mail: astath@uic.edu
Home Page: http://math.uic.edu/~astathis
Office hours: MW 1-2pm in SEO 430 (MLC)

Grading system:

The course grade is based on the total number of points from hour exams, homework, quizzes, and the final exam.

Homework total is 30 points: homework will be collected every Wednesday, weekly assignments will be posted on this page.
Quiz total is 70 points: quiz will be given every Friday except week 1 and exam weeks.
Midterm exams are 100 points each and the final exam is 200 points.

Exam1: Friday, February 15

Exam2: Friday, March 22

Final Exam: Tuesday, May 7, 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Homework problems:

HW1 is due Wednesday, Jan. 23: Section 1.1 ## 1c, 4c, 5c, 10; Section 1.2 ## 1, 2, 3, 5a,c,d,h,j,l, ## 15, 19, 22b (in the last three problems set up the systems of equations only, do not solve)

HW2 is due Wednesday, Jan. 30: Section 1.2 ## 8, 9; Section 1.3 ## 1, 2, 10, 11; Section 1.4 ## 3, 5, 32, 33

HW3 is due Wednesday, Feb. 6: Section 1.5 ## 1, 2, 3a, 4a, 6, 8a,c, 10a,c,e,g

HW4 is due Wednesday, Feb. 13: Section 2.1 ## 1, 3c,f,h, 4; Section 2.2 ## 2a, 3a,c,e, 4, 7; Section 2.3 ## 1, 2a,c, 5, 6

Topics covered on Exam 1.

HW5 is due Wednesday, Feb. 27: Section 3.1 ## 10, 12; Section 3.2 ## 1a,b, 2a,b, 3a,b, 5a,b, 4, 11, 13, 14, 16

HW6 is due Wednesday, March, 6: Section 3.3 ## 1a,b, 2a,b,e, 4, 5, 6, 8; Section 3.4 ## 1a,b, 2a,b,e, 5, 7, 10

HW7 is due Wednesday, March, 13: Section 3.5 ## 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9

HW8 is due Wednesday, March, 20: Section 3.6 ## 1, 2, 8, 14; Section 4.1 ## 5, 7, 9

Sample problems for Exam 2 (with answers).

Solution for Exam 2.

HW9 is due Wednesday, April, 10: Section 4.1 ## 4, 17; Section 4.2 ## 1, 3, 6; Section 4.3 ## 1a, 2a,b, 4; Section 5.1 ## 1a,b, 2a,b, 3b,c, 17, 18

HW10 is due Wednesday, April, 17: Section 5.2 ## 1, 2, 4, 6; Section 5.3 ## 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Section 5.4 ## 3, 7, 8

HW11 is due Wednesday, April, 24: Section 5.5 ## 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 21; Section 5.6 ## 1, 3, 4, 7, 8

HW12 is due Friday, May 3: Section 6.1 ## 1a,c,e,f,i,k; Section 6.2 ## 1a,d,f, 2b,c, 5, 6; Section 6.3 ## 1a,c,f, 2a,c,f, 4, 8a,f, 28a,c, 29a,c, 30a,d

Sample problems for Final Exam.

Answers to sample problems for Final Exam 2.

To see the full list of homework problems click here.