Tentative Schedule, Mat234, Spring, 2012

Day Date Activity Assignment (due one week from assignment date, unless otherwise stated)
Mon1/9 Welcome: Intro Read Section One.I.1
Wed1/11 One.I.1 Read Section One.I.2; Problems, pp. 9--, 17; 18a,e; 19; 21; 23; 25; 26; 28; 34
Fri1/13 One.I.1/.2 Read Section One.I.3; Problems, pp. 18--, 16; 17; 18a,c; 21; 25; 27; 29
Mon1/16 No class (MLK Day)  
Wed1/18 One.I.2/.3  
Fri1/20 One.I.3 Read One.II.1 for next time; Homework pp. 29--, #3.15adf, 3.16bc, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20de, 3.21cd, 3.24
Mon1/23 One.II.1 Please read One.II.2; Homework pp. 38--, 1.1bd, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7b, 1.8, 1.9
Wed1/25 One.II.2 Please read sections One.III.1 and .2 for next time; Homework pp. 43, #2.10be, 2.11ac, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.18, 2.26, 2.34.
Fri1/27 One.III.1/.2 Problems to try in preparation for the exam which is impending! You will not need to hand these in (pp. 51--):
  1. 1.7ad
  2. 1.8ad
  3. 1.9cd
  4. 1.11acd
Mon1/30 One.III.2 Problems to try in preparation for the exam which is impending! You will not need to hand these in (pp. 59--):
  1. 2.10abe
  2. 2.12bc
  3. 2.16 (don't use the example from class!)
  4. 2.17
  5. 2.18c
Wed2/1 Two.I.1  
Fri2/3 Exam 1 Relax
Mon2/6 Two.I.2 Read Two.II for next time. Homework, pp. 86--,
  1. 1.18cd
  2. 1.20d
  3. 1.21be
  4. 1.25
  5. 1.27
  6. 1.34
  7. 1.40
and pp. 95--,
  1. 2.20bd
  2. 2.22c
  3. 2.24abc
  4. 2.25cd
  5. 2.26c
  6. 2.28
(all due Monday, 2/13)
Wed2/8 Two.II Homework (due Wednesday, 2/15):
  1. 1.18bcd, p. 106
  2. 1.19bcd
  3. 1.20bc
  4. 1.21b-f
  5. 1.25
  6. 1.29ab
Fri2/10 Two.III.1 Homework (due Friday 2/17):
  1. 1.16ad, p. 114
  2. 1.17bc
  3. 1.19
  4. 1.21
  5. 1.24ac
  6. 1.27
  7. 1.28
Mon2/13 Two.III.1/.2 Homework (due Monday, 2/20):
  1. 1.31, p. 114
  2. 1.32
  3. 1.33
  4. 1.34
Wed2/15 Two.III.2 Homework (due Wednesday, 2/22):
  1. 2.16, p. 120
  2. 2.18ac
  3. 2.19acd
  4. 2.22
  5. 2.23
  6. 2.30
Fri2/17 Two.III.2/.3  
Mon2/20 Two.III.3 Homework (due Monday, 2/27):
  1. 3.16bce, p. 127
  2. 3.17b
  3. 3.18
  4. 3.20bcd
  5. 3.22
  6. 3.23
Wed2/22 Three.I.1 Project 1 assigned (due 3/21). You should choose one of the projects at the end of either chapter 1 or chapter 2. Answer all questions in the form of a "report" to me (it should be typed, neat, may include additional material as an appendix, etc.). You may work with another student, and issue a joint report. If you work with another student, your report should include a section in which each student's contributions are described. For this project, writing is very important: spell-check, grammar-check, and proof-read!
Fri2/24 Three.I.1 Homework (due Monday, 3/12):
  1. 1.10, p. 164
  2. 1.12
  3. 1.13bc
  4. 1.14
  5. 1.30
  6. 1.31ab
Mon2/27 Three.I.1/Three.I.2  
Wed2/29 Three.II.1  
Fri3/2 Exam 2 Relax
Mon3/5 Spring Break  
Wed3/7 Spring Break  
Fri3/9 Spring Break  
Mon3/12 Three.II.2  
Wed3/14 Three.III.1 Homework (due Monday, 3/19):
  1. 2.8, p. 172
  2. 2.9
  3. 2.11
  4. 2.22
  5. 1.19, p. 179
  6. 1.20
  7. 1.23
  8. 1.25
  9. 1.27
Fri3/16 Three.III.1 Homework (due Friday, 3/23):
  1. 2.25, p. 190
  2. 2.26
  3. 2.27
  4. 2.28
  5. 2.29a,d
  6. 2.32
  7. 2.33
Mon3/19 Three.III.2  
Wed3/21 Three.IV.1/.2 Homework (due Wednesday, 3/28):
  1. 1.14, p. 201
  2. 1.15
  3. 1.16
  4. 1.22
  5. 2.13, p. 207
  6. 2.15
  7. 2.18
  8. 2.19
Fri3/23 Three.IV.2/.3/.4 Homework (due Monday, 4/2):
  1. 1.8, p. 212
  2. 1.10
  3. 1.16 (note that part a requires that H be square)
  4. 2.14, p. 218
  5. 2.15
  6. 2.16
  7. 2.17
  8. 2.20
  9. 3.23, p. 227
  10. 3.24
  11. 3.25
  12. 3.26
Mon3/26 Three.IV.4  
Wed3/28 Three.IV.4/Three.V.1 Homework (due Wednesday, 4/4):
  1. 4.14, p. 234
  2. 4.15
  3. 4.16d-f
  4. 4.18
  5. 4.29
  6. 4.32
  7. 4.35
Fri3/30 Three.V.1  
Mon4/2 Three.V.1/.2  
Wed4/4 Four.I.1/.2  
Fri4/6 Exam 3 Relax
Mon4/9 Four.I.3 Homework (due Monday, 4/16):
  1. 1.8, p. 239
  2. 1.9
  3. 1.12
  4. 1.13
  5. 1.17
  6. 1.18
Wed4/11 Four.II  
Fri4/13 Four.II Homework (due Monday, 4/23 -- revised):
  1. 1.6, p. 296
  2. 1.8
  3. 1.10
  4. 1.11
  5. 2.8, p. 299 (For this one you'll have to compute the determinant by "Gauss's Method," "...keeping track of any changes of sign caused by row swaps and any scalars that are factored out, and then finish by multiplying down the diagonal of the echelon form result. This takes the same amount of time as Gauss method and so is fast enough to be practical....")

    Also do the calculation by Laplace's Expansion, and compare.

  6. 2.12
  7. 2.13
  8. 2.16
Mon4/16 Four.III.1  
Wed4/18 Five.I  
Fri4/20 Five.II.1 Project 2 due today

Last Homework (due Friday, 4/27):

  1. 3.21, p. 363
  2. 3.22
  3. 3.23
  4. 3.24
  5. 3.26
  6. 3.37

Mon4/23 Five.II.2  
Wed4/25 Five.II.3  
Fri4/27 Review  
Mon4/30 Final, 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Have a good summer!


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