Honors Linear Algebra

Math 350 - Fall 2016

Instructor: Zhi Qi

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Course Infomation

Tentative Course Syllabus

This information will be updated throughout the semester.

Lecture  Sections   Topics
9/7 Chapter 1 Abstract vector spaces
9/12, 9/14Chapter 1 Subspaces, span of subsets, linear independence
9/19, 9/21 Chapter 1 Bases and dimension
9/26, 9/28 Chapter 2 Linear transformations, matrix representation
10/3, 10/5 Chapter 2 Composition, invertibility
10/10 Ch. 1-2  Review
10/12 Ch. 1-2  Exam 1
10/17, 10/19 Ch. 2 & 3  Change of basis, dual spaces; rank and systems of linear equations.
10/24, 10/26 Chapter 4  Determinants and their properties
10/31, 11/2 Chapter 5  Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalizability
11/7, Ch. 5   Invariant subspaces and the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem
11/9, 11/14, 11/16 Chapter 7  Jordan canonical form
11/21 Ch. 3-5, 7  Review
11/28 Ch. 3-5, 7  Exam 2
11/30, 12/5 Chapter 6  Inner product spaces
12/7, 12/12 Chapter 6  Normal and self-adjoint operators, unitary and orthogonal operators
12/14   Review
12/22 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Final Exam

Homework Assignments and Additional Comments

This information will be updated throughout the semester.

Due dates     Homework problems (due on Wednesdays)
9/14 1.2 # 9, 13; 1.3, # 8 (a, e), 18, 19.
9/21 1.4 #4(a), 5(g), 12; 1.5 #2(e), 9; 1.6 #3(a, b), 11.
9/26 1.6 #15, 20, 26
10/3 2.1 #2, 3, 9, 13, 15, 17, 20; 2.2 #2(c, e, g), 5(c, g), 8, 10.
10/17 Due after midterm 1: 2.3 #13; 2.4 #2(f), 9, 10.
10/24 2.5 #2(b), 3(d), 5, 6(c), 10; 2.6 #4; 3.1 #4, 5, 6, 7; 3.2 # 6(a); 3.2 #2(b), 3(b); 3.4 #5.
10/31 4.1 #3(a), 5, 6, 9; 4.2 #7, 18, 20; 4.3 #15, 21, 24.
11/7 5.1 #3(c), 4(b, h), 8, 11, 14; 5.2 #2(b, d, f), 3(b), 12
11/14 5.4 #2, 3, 6(d), 9 for 6(d), 10 for 6(d), 19.
12/5 7.1 #2(d), 3(a); 7.2 # 3, 12.
12/12 6.1 #3, 8, 10, 15; 6.2 # 2(i), 15, 16.