Overview
- Class: Monday through Thursday, 2-4 in 3113 Etcheverry.
- Office hours: Monday and Thursday 4-5, and Wednesday 1-2, in 1043 Evans.
- Course syllabus.
- Textbook: Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right, 3rd edition (errata, videos).
Announcements
- The final will cover chapters 1 through 8 of Axler, except 7.C and 7.D.
- Answers to the in-class questions are available here. If you’d like to see a full solution to one of them, email me to let me know to you’d like go over it during our review time, or stop by office hours sometime!
Problem sets
- PS 1. Due 6/22.
- 1.A — 7, 11
- 1.B — 5, 6
- 1.C — 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22
- PS 2. Due 6/29.
- 2.A — 6, 10, 14, 15
- 2.B — 3, 4, 8
- 2.C — 8, 9, 15, 17
- PS 3. Due 7/6.
- 3.A — 2, 10, 11, 12
- 3.B — 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 26
- 3.C — 3, 4, 5, 6
- PS 4. Due 7/13.
- 3.D — 4, 7, 8
- 3.E — 4, 12, 14, 20
- 3.F — 5, 6, 8, 21, 34, 37
- PS 5. Due 7/20.
- 4 — 5, 11
- 5.A — 11, 12, 20
- 5.B — 4, 7, 13, 14
- 5.C — 3, 6, 9, 16
- PS 6. Due 7/27.
- 8.A — 3, 5, 6, 12
- 8.B — 3, 4, 10, 11
- 8.C — 12, 18, 19, 20
- 8.D — 3, 4, 5, 8
- PS 7. Due 8/3.
- 6.A — 4, 8, 12, 16
- 6.B — 2, 4, 5, 7
- 6.C — 5, 11, 12, 13
- 7.A — 13, 15, 21
- PS 8. Optional!
- 7.B — 10, 14, 15
Calendar
Note: I expect readings marked with a * to be more difficult than other readings.
Date | Reading | Comprehension questions | In class questions |
---|---|---|---|
6/19 | Class overview | Link | |
6/20 | 1.A, 1.B |
1.A — 4, 10 1.B — 1, 2 |
Link |
6/21 | 1.C | 1, 2, 14, 15 | Link |
6/22 | 2.A | 1, 2 | Link |
6/26 | Review | None | |
6/27 | 2.B | 2 | Link |
6/28 | 2.C | 1, 2, 4 | Link |
6/29 | 3.A | 1, 5, 6 | Link |
7/3 | 3.B | None | Link |
7/4 | Independence Day, No Class | ||
7/5 | 3.C * |
3.B — 1,2 3.C — 2, 7, 8 Note: if you get confused by 3.C 7 and 8, try to just prove them in the special case when V and W are 2 dimensional. |
Link |
7/6 | 3.D | 1, 2 | Link |
7/10 | 3.E * | 2, 7 | Link |
7/11 | 3.F * | 1, 2, 3 | Link |
7/12 | Review |
3.B — 31 3.E — 1 3.F — 4 |
Link |
7/13 | 4 | 2, 3, 4 | |
7/17 | 5.A | 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 | Link |
7/18 | 5.B | 1(a), 2, 3 | Link |
7/19 | 5.C | 1, 2 | Link |
7/20 |
8.A * Suggestion: Read through the entire chapter to get the big picture, and then read through again a second time for the details. |
1, 2 | |
7/24 | 8.B * | 1, 2, 6 | Link |
7/25 |
8.C * 8.D * |
8.C — 1, 2 8.D — 1, 2 |
|
7/26 | Review | 8.C — 3, 4, 5, 6 | Link |
7/27 | 6.A | None | Link |
7/31 | 6.B |
6.A — 1, 2, 10 6.B — 1, 3 |
Link |
8/1 | 6.C | 1, 2, 4 | Link |
8/2 | 7.A | 1, 6 | Link |
8/3 | 7.B | 1, 2, 3, 7 | Link |
8/7 | 7.C | 12 | |
8/8 | 7.D | 7 | |
8/9 | Review | ||
8/10 | Final |