INSTRUCTOR: Ralph Greenberg,
Padelford C-553
543-7648
greenber@math.washington.edu
OFFICE HOURS: Mondays and Wednesdays:
10:30 to 12:30
Other times by appointment
TEXT: Introduction to Linear
Algebra, 4th Edition
Johnson, Riess, and Arnold
GRADING: There will be two exams
during the quarter, each counting
25% of your grade. They will be announced at least one week
in advance. The final exam will cover all the topics which
were discussed during the quarter and will count 40%. It is
scheduled for Monday, December 14th, 8:30 to 10:20. There
will be weekly homework assignments. They will be graded
and will count 10% of your grade. Late homeworks will not
be accepted. In addition to the homework, there will be a
few optional , extra-credit problems.
The course will cover most of
the first three chapters of the text.
There are two main topics in
the course. The first topic is Matrices.
This will include the rank,
the existence of inverses, determinants,
eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
The second topic is Vector Spaces,
including a discussion of subspaces,
dimension, and bases of a subspace.
Both of these topics are interconnected
in many ways. The course will
end with a discussion of eigenvalues
and eigenvectors of matrices.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1 (due on Monday, October 5th)
Section 1.1: 2, 5, 6, 19, 20, 24, 30.
1.2: 7, 17, 18, 22, 23.
1.3: 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 33.