Linear Algebra, V63.0140

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00-12:50

Course Information

Primary text: Linear Algebra and its Applications by David Lay available at the NYU bookstore.

Syllabus.

Calculators: Calculators may be useful for course work, but are not allowed during any of the exams.

Course requirements and grading: Homework will be assigned on a regular basis and will typically be due one week after the assignment. All new homeworks will be listed on this webpage.

There will also be a weekly 5-minute quiz given every Thursday at the beginning of class. You may use your own class notes are homework during the quiz. One quiz will be worth half as many points as a homework assignment.

There is one in-class midterm exam, scheduled for Thursday, March 1. This exam will cover all material presented up to that date.

Final Exam: The course ends with a cumulative final examination, which will take place on Thursday, May 3, from 10:00-11:50 am.

During any exam, students must not communicate in any way, nor use any materials or technology not explicitly permitted by the instructor, other than pens and pencils. A student may not look at another student's test.

Grades breakdown: 20% HW and quizzes, 30% midterm, 50% final.

All grades will be listed on the course's Blackboard site. To access the site, log in to NYUHome and select Academics. The Blackboard site for this class should be listed.

Free help: Additional assistance for this class is available to you free of charge at the College Learning Center located on the 1st Floor of Weinstein Hall (right behind Java City). For information on one-on-one and group peer tutoring, please stop by the CLC or go to their website: College Learning Center

HW assignments.

1. Due Tuesday, 1/23. Section 1.1: 9, 13, 16,21,22, 33, 34. Section 1.2: 2,4,6.
2. Due Thursday, 1/25. Section 1.2: 10-12, 16, 24-26, 29. Section 1.3:10,14,18,19,21,22,26.
3. Due Tuesday, 1/30. Section 1.4: 10,14,16,19,20,32,34. Section 1.5: 3,11,12,17,20,24,26, 29-31.
4. Due Thursday, 2/1. Section 1.6: 6,7,13.
5. Due Tuesday, 2/6: Section 1.7:5,10,22-25,36-38.
6. Due Thursday, 2/8. Section 1.8: 8,9,11,22,24,30. Section 1.9:22,30,32
7. Due Tuesday, 2/13. Section 2.1: 1,8,12,15,18,27. Section 2.2:15,18,22,32.
8. Due Thursday, 2/15. Section 2.3: 3,6,8,12,16,18,30. Section 2.4: 3,10,15.
9. Due Tuesday, 2/20. Section 2.5: 3,4,12,13,19,25,26.
10. Due Thursday, 2/22. Section 2.7: 8,10,12. Section 2.8: 2,4,12,17,18,21,26,28,35,36.
11. Due Tuesday, 2/27. Section 3.1:10,12,14,19,22,26,28,30,38. Section 3.2: 6,8,14,15,18.
12. Due Thursday, 3/1. Section 3.2: 22,26,28,40. Section 3.3: 4, 5, 11, 21, 31, 32. Will not be collected.
13. Due Tuesday, 3/20. Section 4.1: 16-18,21,22,24,26,27,33,34. Section 4.2: 26 b-f.
14. Due Thursday, 3/22. Section 4.3: 15,22,24,30,32,34. Section 4.4: 7,9,10,14,18,20,31,32.
15. Due Tuesday, 3/27. Section 4.5: 6,9,20,22,24.
16. Due Thursday, 3/29. Section 4.6: 4,6,8,16,18,20,24. Section 4.7: 5, 8-14 even.
17. Due Tuesday, 4/3. Section 5.1: 15,16,20,22,23,24,26,29. Section 5.2: 13,14,15,18.
18. Due Thursday, 4/5. Section 5.3:12,18,20,22,24,27-31.
19. Due Tuesday, 4/10. Section 5.4: 4-22 even.
20. Due Thursday, 4/12. Section 5.5:6,10,14,16,22,24-26.
21. Due Tuesday, 4/17. Section 6.1: 6,10,18,20,24,25,30. Section 6.2: 4,8,10.
22. Due Thursday, 4/19. Section 6.2: 12,14,22,24,26. Section 6.3: 6,10,12,14,22,24.
23. Due Tuesday, 4/24. Section 6.4:4,8,12,16-22 even.
24. Due Thursday, 4/26. Section 6.5:4-8 even, 19, 22. Section 6.6: 4. Section 7.1: 14,18,26,36. Will not be collected.
25. Suggested problems for the final lecture. Section 7.2:5,7,11,13,21 a-e,24.

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    Old Quizzes.

    1. Solving linear systems.
    2. Consistency and the echelon form.
    3. General solutions of linear systems.
    4. Transformations.
    5. Invertible Matrices.
    6. Coordinate Vectors.
    7. Change of Coordinates I.
    8. Change of Coordinates II.
    9. Complex eigenvalues/eigenvectors.