Math 355: Linear Algebra, Summer 2005
Instructor: Wei Zhu
Office: Hermann Brown Basement 47
Phone: 713-348-2867
E-mail: weizhu@math.rice.edu
Time: MTWRF
Location: Hermann Brown 453 (campus map)
Syllabus (PDF)
Text Book: Applied Linear Algebra (3rd Edition) by Ben Noble and James W.Daniel, Prentice Hall (1998)
Course overview: The goal of this course is to give an introduction to the concepts and methods of Linear Algebra. We will first introduce the notion of matrices and the method of Gaussian elimination. We will then proceed to the study of vector spaces, linear transformations and bases of vector spaces. The course will conclude with the introduction of eigenvalues, the diagonalization of symmetric matrices and the Jordan normal form theorem.
Daily Schedule:
|
Date |
Material covered |
Homework assignment |
| 16 May |
Section 1.1~1.4 |
Sec 1. #3, Sec 1.2 #3,6,7,13, Sec 1.3. #2,3,25,26,34, Sec 1.4 #3,9,11 |
| 17 May |
Section 3.1~3.4 |
Sec 3.2 #3(a),4,5, Sec 3.3 #4,9, Sec 3.4 #2(a),4 |
| 18 May |
Section 3.5, 4.2,4.3 |
Sec 3.5 #3, Sec 4.2 #2,3(a)(b), Sec 4.3 #1(a)(d),4,8 |
| 19 May |
Section 4.4, 4.5, review session |
Sec 4.4 #6(a)(b),7(a)(b), Sec 4.5 #1,2,3,10 |
| 22 May |
Section 5.1~5.3 |
Sec 5.1 #2, Sec 5.2 #3,7,15, Sec 5.3 #1,2,9 |
| 23 May |
Section 5.4 |
Sec 5.4 #1,3,4,11,12,14 |
| 24 May |
Section 5.4, 5.5 |
Sec 5.4 #15,16,17,25,26, Sec 5.5 #1,3,4,5,8,9,15,17 |
| 25 May |
Section 6.1, 6.2 |
Sec 6.1 #2,3,10,16, Sec 6.2 #1,2,3,5,13 |
| 26 May |
Section 6.2, review session |
Sec 6.2 #14,15,16, Midterm 2, Solution |
| 29 May |
University Holiday |
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| 30 May |
Section 7.1, 7.2 |
Sec 7.1 #3,5, Sec 7.2 #1,2,15,16,17,18 |
| 31 May |
Section 7.3, 7.4 |
Sec 7.4 #1,3,10 |
| 1 June |
Jordan form matrices, Sec 5,6,5.7 |
Handout( except number 3), Sec 5.6 #1(d)(e)(f), 12, Sec 5.7 #1,4,16,17 |
| 2 June |
Sec 5.8, review session |
Sec 5.8 #7,8 (this is due next Tuesday, noon), Final, Solution |