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Math 317 - Theory of Linear Algebra

Time: MTThF 10-10:50
Classroom: Carver 2
Instructor: Dr. Alexander Burstein
Office: Carver 456
Office Hours: MTTh 11-12 (subject to change) or by appointment, or by email.
I usually check my email several times a day, so you can usually expect an answer fairly soon, sometimes even late at night or on weekends.
Email: burstein AT math DOT iastate DOT edu
Phone: (29)4-7294
Textbook: Elementary Linear Algebra, 3rd edition, by Stephen Andrilli and David Hecker
Text Website: http://www.sju.edu/~dhecker/linalg.html (includes Errata Sheet)

Syllabus for the course.

Please read Section 1.3, An Introduction to Proof Techniques. It will help you better understand not just the material in this course, but also in post-calculus math courses in general.

Final Grades

Homework

Chapters Topics Sections Homework Problems
1 Vectors
and
Matrices
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1ab, 3ab, 4ab, 5ab, 6ab, 7acf, 9, 25, 26.
1ab, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15ac, 21, 22, 23.
5, 6a, 7, 8a, 9, 10a, 25.
1, 2ABCDELM, 3ac, 4, 6ab, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15.
1abjk, 2ad, 3ac, 7a, 11(2), 18, 20, 22, 23ace, 27.
    HW1 due 2/10: 1.2.19, 1.2.20, 1.3.12, 1.3.15, 1.5.26.
2 Systems of
Linear
Equations
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
1aeg, 2ad, 4, 10, 11.
2abc, 3a, 4a, 5, 6a, 7a, 8, 14.
2, 3, 4, 5ac, 8ab, 9ab, 10ab, 15, 22.
1a, 3abe, 4abc, 7a, 8, 15a(1), 16, 21.
    HW2 due 2/24: 2.2.13, 2.3.14 ("explain" means "prove"), 2.4.13, 2.4.18, 2.4.19. 
  Midterm 1 Friday, 2/17,
in class
Chapters 1-2
3 Determinants
and
Eigenvalues
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
1adegij, 2ac, 3ac, 5ab, 7, 8, 9a, 11a, 16a, 18.
1acf, 2ace, 3a, 4a, 5, 7, 16.
2ac, 3a, 4a, 5, 6a, 7a, 8, 22.
1ac, 2ac, 3ac, 4acd, 6, 7a, 10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 24.
    HW3 due 3/24: 3.2.14, 3.3.21, 3.4.10, 3.4.11.
4 Finite-Dimensional
Vector Spaces
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
3, 5-8, 20.
1abcefgijl, 2abcdfg, 3acdeg, 4, 6, 11, 15, 17, 22.
1ac, 2ac, 3ac, 4, 6, 7, 28.
1, 2ab, 3ac, 5, 11ace, 12, 19, 27, 28.
1c, 2, 3, 4ace, 5, 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, 25.
1ad, 2, 3, 4aeh, 5acde, 6ac, 7a, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20.
1acefhi, 2acd, 7a, 8, 9, 10, 15.
    HW4 due 4/14: 4.1.14, 4.2.19, 4.3.26, 4.4.20, 4.5.13, 4.6.13. Extra: 4.5.16.
  Midterm 2 Friday, 4/7,
in class
Chapters 3-4
5 Linear
Transformations

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.5

1abefghjil, 2, 7, 14, 16, 17, 23, 31, 34, 36.
2ac, 3ace, 6ab, 9a, 14, 23, 31. Recall we proved 17, 18, 21.
1, 2ac, 3ad, 4adf, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20.
1acd, 2bde, 7, 10, 14, 17.
6 Orthogonality 6.1
6.2
1abcdef, 2ace, 3, 4ac, 5a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 21.
2, 4abc, 5, 10, 11, 12, 25.
  Final Exam Monday, 5/1, 9:45-11:45 Chapters 5-6 (mostly), some earlier material may be included as well

© Alexander Burstein, 2006.