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Math 308B: Linear Algebra
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Schedule of Readings and Topics and Things and Stuff
(From the text.)
Week the First: 03/29-04/02
- Monday, 29 March: 1.1
- Wednesday, 31 March: 1.1, 1.2
- Friday, 2 April: 1.3, 1.4
Week the Second: 04/05-04/09
- Monday, 5 April: 1.5
- Wednesday, 7 April: 1.6
- Friday, 9 April: 1.6,1.7
Week the Third: 04/12-04/16
- Monday, 12 April: 1.7,1.9
- Wednesday, 14 April: 1.9
- Friday, 16 April: Where do babies come from?
Week the Fourth: 04/19-04/23
- Monday, 19 April: Brief survey of Chapter 2
- Wednesday, 21 April: Review
- Friday, 23 April: Midterm!
Week the Fifth: 04/26-04/30
- Monday, 26 April: 3.1,3.2
- Wednesday, 28 April: 3.3
- Friday, 30 April: 3.3,3.4
Week the Sixth: 05/03-05/07
- Monday, 3 May: 3.4
- Wednesday, 5 May: 3.5
- Friday, 7 May: Motivation for least-squares, bases. Also, I'll
give a different and hopefully better proof that any matrix and its
transpose have the same rank. And I'll start in on 3.6.
Week the Seventh: 05/10-05/14
- Monday, 10 May: Inspiration, 3.6,3.8
- Wednesday, 12 May: 3.9
- Friday, 14 May: 3.7. This should be a fun day.
Week the Eighth: 05/17-05/21
- Monday, 17 May: 3.7
- Wednesday, 19 May: Review
- Friday, 21 May: Midterm!
Week the Ninth: 05/24-05/28
- Monday, 24 May: Eigenvalues and eigenvectors...4.1
- Wednesday, 26 May: Determinants...4.2
- Friday, 28 May: The characteristic polynomial...4.4
Week the Tenth: 05/31-06/04
- Monday, 31 May: Memorial Day...No class. Go party.
- Wednesday, 2 June: Diagonalisation!
- Friday, 4 June: Review, pass out practice final.
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 9 June, 8.30-10.20am
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