Math 308L

This is the course website for Math 308L, Fall 2012. The class meets in LOW 205, on MWF at 3:30-4:20pm.

I am James Pfeiffer, a graduate student here in math. My email is jpfeiff@math.washington.edu. Office hours will be in Padelford C-wing, 1st floor math lounge, Weds at 1:30-2:30 and Thurs at 3-4pm.

There will be a midterm and final, as well as homework and occasional quizzes. The grading will be roughly 60% exams, 40% homework. The final will be on Thursday, December 13, 2:30-4:30pm, in our regular classroom LOW 205. The midterm will be during class on Wednesday, Nov 7. Let me know during the first week of class if you cannot come to either of these; you may need to switch sections.

This is a first course in linear algebra. We will follow the departmental syllabus here reasonably closely.

The homework will be assigned and collected weekly. The homework for week 1 (item 1 below) won't be collected. The remaining weeks will be collected on the Monday after the week ends. For instance, week 2's homework is due Monday of week 3. [UPDATE - This has been changed to "the Friday after the week ends."]

Read sections 1.1-1.3 for this week, and do the following book exercises (not collected):
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1.2: 1-9 odd, 11-17 odd, 23-35 odd.
1.3: 1.3: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7-15, 19-22, 24.
1.4: 1, 9.
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Read sections 1.5-1.7 this week. Exercises (due Monday, Oct 8):

1.5: 25, 26, 33, 34, 39, 42, 43, 59.
1.6: 3, 4, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27, 43, 44.

Read sections 1.7 and 1.9 this week. There will be a quiz on Chapter 1 on Monday, Oct 15, with 1 double sided note page + calculator. Exercises (due Oct 15):
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1.7: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 21, 22, 29, 30, 48, 51, 52.
1.9: 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 35, 37, 41, 50, 51, 54, 66.
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Quiz solutions here: 1 2. Read sections 3.1-3.3 this week. Note - we will skip chapter 2 entirely, as from Math 126 or a similar course you've already seen the material. If you need a review, read the chapter. Exercises, due Oct 22:
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3.1: 12, 22.
3.2: 1-8 (just yes/no answers), 18, 30-32.
3.3: 14, 15, 22, 26, 27, 31, 35, 42, 43, 47, 50-52.
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Read sections 3.4 and 3.5. Exercises due November 2:

3.4: 1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 22, 24.
3.5: 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 21, 22, 25, 27, 31, 33, 36.

Here is the midterm and solutions/comments. For this week, the homework consists of a worksheet and the following problems: 3.8, #4, 7, 11, and 3.9, #1, 2, 3. It is due Monday, November 26.
The last homework is not collected - please do the problems to review for the final. There will be a quiz on Wednesday December 5 covering this material.
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4.2 #1,2,3,12,13,14,22,24,25,27,28
4.3 #3,4,7,8,13,15,16,17,19,25,27,28
4.4 #3,4,5,7,9,15,16,17,18
4.5 #1,3,5,11,13,15,17,21,22,24
```