| MTH 309.005 | Spring 2011 |
Course page: http://www.math.msu.edu/~magyar/Math309.005 .
Page and section numbers refer to Messer, Linear Algebra.
The dates and assignments below are tentative. Changes will be announced in class and on our course page.
| Date | Section
| 1/10 | 2.1 Linear Equations
| 1/12 | 2.2 Gaussian Elimination
| 1/14 | 2.3 Solving Linear Systems
| Last day to change sections online: afterwards, go to Wells A212.
| 1/17 | ML King Day: No School
| 1/19 | 1.1 Sets and Logic
| 1/21 | 1.2 Basic Definitions
| Last day to change sections or courses.
| 1/24 | 1.5 Euclidean Spaces
| 1/26 | 1.7 Function Spaces
| 1/28 | 1.8 Subspaces
| 1/31 | 1.3 Properties of Vector Spaces
| 2/2 | 1.4 Subtraction and Cancellation
| 2/3 | Last day for tuition refund.
| 2/4 | Practice with proofs
| 2/7 | 3.1 Linear Combinations
| 2/9 | 3.2 Span
| 2/11 | 3.3 Linear Independence
| 2/14 | 3.3 Linear Independence
| 2/16 | 3.4 Basis
| 2/18 | 3.5 Coordinates
| 2/21 | Review
| 2/23 | Review
| 2/25 | Test 1
| 2/28 | 3.5 Dimension
| 3/2 | 3.5 Dimension
| Last day to drop a course with no grade reported.
| 3/4 | Practice with proofs
| 3/5− | 3/13 Spring Break: No Classes
| 3/14 | 4.1 Inner Products and Norms
| 3/16 | 4.2 Geometry in Euclidean Spaces
| 3/18 | 4.4 Orthogonality
| 3/21 | 6.1 Linear Functions
| 3/23 | 6.1 Linear Functions
| 3/25 | 6.3 Matrix of a Linear Function
| 3/28 | 6.2 Compositions and Inverses
| 3/30 | 6.4 Matrices of Compositions and Inverses
| 4/1 | 5.1 Matrix Algebra
| 4/4 | 5.2 Inverse Matrices
| 4/6 | 6.5 Change of Basis
| 4/8 | Practice with coordinates
| 4/11 | Review
| 4/13 | Test 2
| 4/15 | 7.2 Definition of Determinants
| 4/18 | 7.3 Properties of Determinants
| 4/20 | 8.1 Definition of Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
| 4/22 | 8.3 Diagonalization
| 4/25 | Review
| 4/27 | Review
| 4/29 | Review
| 5/3 | Final Exam Tues 10am-12noon, Room TBA
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