Math 308 D&E, Winter 2008



Instructor: Emmanouil Milakis
Office: Padelford Hall C-332
E-mail: milakis@math.washington.edu
Office hours: Monday 3-4, Wednesday 11-12 or by appointment.
Course Webpage: http://www.math.washington.edu/~milakis/Courses/308/308Winter08.htm

Text: Introduction to Linear Algebra (5th Edition) by Johnson, Reiss and Arnold. We will cover (most of) Chapters 1, 3 and 4.

Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30-1:20 (Math 308D) and 1:30-2:20 (Math 308E) in MGH 231.

Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam.

  • The first midterm is scheduled for Friday Feb1st.
  • The second midterm is scheduled for Friday Feb 29th.
  • Final Exam :

         Math 308D : MARCH 20, 2008, 830-1020 in MGH 231.

         Math 308E : MARCH 17, 2008, 230-420 in MGH 231.

 

Homework: Homework assignments are due on Wednesdays at the beginning of class (see homework Schedule below). Each student must turn in his/her own assignment.

 

Homework Schedule

Grades: Course grades will be computed on the following basis:

  • Homework 15%,
  • Midterms 20% each,
  • Final exam 45%.

 

Calculator and notes policy in exams.  Calculators are NOT allowed. One 8 x 11.5 sheet of handwritten notes is allowed on the midterms (one side) and on the final exam (both sides ok). In each of homework assignments, midterms and final exams you have to show all your work and support your reasoning in order to get full credit.

 

 

Syllabus for Math 308 course offered at the University of Washington.

Calendar/Announcements: (check here for up-to-date information about the course)

3/20/2008      Course grades for 308D&E. I will be holding office hours tomorrow 3/21 from 11-1pm if you would like to come by and pick up your final.

3/14/2008      Review-problems-examples. For the final exam please  read the Calculator and notes policy above. One 8 x 11.5 sheet (both sides ok) of 

                       handwritten notes is allowed. You have to turn in your notes along with your final. No calculators allowed.

3/12/2008      Review-problems-examples.

3/10/2008      Applications-problems. HW8-9 is now posted in Homework Schedule.

3/7/2008        Characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenspaces. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 4.4: 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17.

                      Section  4.5: 1, 7, 11, 15, 18, 19.

3/5/2008        Determinants and row operations. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 4.3: 1, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19.

3/3/2008        The eigenvalue problem-Determinants. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 4.1: 1, 3, 9, 13, 17. Section 4.2: 15, 21, 29.

2/29/2008      Midterm 2-Grades: D and E. HW7 is posted in Homework Schedule. Note that the due date has changed and is now on Monday 3/10/2008.

2/27/2008      Review session on Chapter 3.   

2/25/2008      Least-squares solutions. Practice problems.

2/22/2008      Least-squares solutions. Applications  Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.8: 1, 5, 9, 11.

                      Practice Problems on Chapter 3. I will try to solve some of them during lectures.

                      Our Second Midterm will cover Chapter 3 (3.1-3.8) and is scheduled for Friday 02/29. Please read the Calculator and notes policy above.

                      You can find a midterm exam I gave last year here.

2/20/2008       Linear Transformations revised. HW6 is posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 2/27/2008.

2/18/2008       No class. Presidents Day

2/15/2008       Linear Transformations. Examples  Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.7: 1, 3, 7, 18, 19, 26, 30.

2/13/2008       Orthogonal-Orthonormal Bases, Gram-Schmidt Method. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.6: 1, 6, 9, 15, 22.  

                       HW5 is posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 2/20/2008.

2/11/2008       Basis and Dimension of a subspace. Examples  Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.4: 1, 5, 9, 11, 28, 33, 36. Section 3.5: 4, 10, 13, 26, 31, 37.

2/8/2008         Span of a subset, kernel and range of a matrix. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.3: 1, 3, 13, 17, 23, 29, 35.

2/6/2008         Subspaces. HW4 is posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 2/13/2008.  Practice problems (not collected or graded),

                       Section 3.2: 1, 7, 9, 15, 27.

2/4/2008         We solved problems from the first midterm. Introduction to the vector space R^n. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 3.1: 1, 3, 

                       5, 9, 13, 15, 23.

2/1/2008         Midterm 1-Grades: D and E.

1/28/2008       Examples. The first midterm will cover Chapter 1 and is scheduled for Friday 2/01/2008 during lecture time in MGH 231. Please read the 

                       Calculator and notes policy above. You can find a midterm exam I gave during Winter 2007 here.

1/25/2008       Properties on inverses. Examples. HW3 is posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 1/30/2008.

1/23/2008:      Inverse of a matrix. Applications. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.8: 5, 7, 9, 27, 30. Section 1.9: 3, 9, 13, 26, 31, 46, 71, 74.

1/21/2008:      No Class, Martin Luther King Holiday.

1/18/2008:      Linear Independence, Non-Singular matrices and applications. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.7: 1, 19, 39, 43, 53.

1/16/2008:      Matrix operations, transpose of a matrix and symmetric matrices. Examples. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.6: 1, 3, 9, 11,   

                       21, 29, 39, 45. HW2 is now posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 1/23/2008.

1/14/2008:      Matrix operations and examples. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.5: 1, 9, 17, 35, 41, 53, 61, 65.

1/11/2008       Consistent-Inconsistent systems. Applications. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.3: 3, 7, 17, 23, 25. Section 1.4: 1, 3.

1/09/2008:      Reduced Echelon form of a matrix. Gauss-Jordan Elimination. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.2: 9, 19, 21, 27, 35.

1/07/2008:       Instruction begins. Introduction to matrices and linear systems. HW1 is now posted in Homework Schedule and is due on Wednesday 

                        1/16/2008. Practice problems (not collected or graded), Section 1.1: 1, 2, 5, 7, 21, 25.