Math 321, Linear Algebra
Fall 2012
General Information
Instructor: Matthew Blair
Email Address: blair ["at"] math.unm.edu
Course Web Page: http://www.math.unm.edu/~blair/math321.html
Office: SMLC 330
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:15-3:15 pm, and by appointment.
Text: David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Fourth Edition, Addison-Wesley (required).
There is also an optional study guide for the text which gives detailed solutions to every third odd-numbered exercise.
Meeting times/location: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-10:45am in SMLC 356.
Course description (from the course catalog): Linear transformations, matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, inner product spaces.
Course Syllabus (in .pdf format)
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Homework
Assignment #1--Due Thursday, August 30
1.1: 12, 14, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25
1.2: 8, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 26, 28
Reading: 1.1-1.4
Not collected:
1.1: 3, 7, 17, 19, 21, 27
1.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31
Assignment #2--Due Thursday, September 6
1.3: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26
1.4: 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32
Reading: 1.3-1.5, 1.7
Not collected:
1.3: 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25
1.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29
Assignment #3--Due Thursday, September 13
1.5: 2, 18, 23, 24, 30, 32, 34
1.7: 10, 12, 21, 22, 28, 30, 36, 38
Reading: 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
Not collected:
1.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 29, 31, 33, 35
1.7: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 27, 29, 33, 37
Assignment #4--Due Thursday, September 20
1.8: 21, 22, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36
1.9: 23, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34, 35
Reading: 1.8, 1.9, 2.1
Not collected:
1.8: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 31, 33, 35
1.9: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 25, 27, 31, 33
Assignment #5--Due Thursday, October 4
2.1: 10, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 33
2.2: 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32
Reading: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Not collected:
2.1: 1, 5, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31
2.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 29, 31, 35
Assignment #6--Due Tuesday, October 9
2.3: 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 38
Reading: 2.3, 3.1, 3.2
Not collected:
2.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, 37, 39
Assignment #7--Due Thursday, October 18
3.1: 32, 38, 39, 40
3.2: 16, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40
Reading: 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2
Not collected:
3.1: 13, 15, 17, 25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 41
3.2: 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39
Assignment #8--Due Thursday, October 25
4.1: 6, 20, 22, 26, 32, 34
4.2: 6, 12, 14, 32, 33, 36
4.3: 20, 22, 24, 30, 32, 34
Reading: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Not collected:
4.1: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33
4.2: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35
4.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33
Assignment #9--Due Thursday, November 1
4.4: 12, 14, 18, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32
4.5: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 26, 32
Reading: 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Not collected:
4.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29, 31
4.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31
Assignment #10--Due Thursday, November 15
4.6: 8, 14, 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29
5.1: 12, 16, 26, 27, 28
5.2: 14, 18, 19, 20, 23
Reading: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Not collected:
4.6: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27
5.1: 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29
5.2: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 24
Assignment #11--Due Tuesday, November 20
5.3: 14, 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 31
Reading: 5.3, 6.1, 6.2
Not collected:
5.3: 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 32
Assignment #12--Due Thursday, November 29
6.1: 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31
6.2: 14, 16, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 34
Reading: 6.1-6.4
Not collected:
6.1: Do exercises 1-18 as needed, 25, 28 (may be a helpful warm up for 29)
6.2: 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33
Assignment #13--Due Thursday, December 6
6.3: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24
6.4: 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22
Reading: 6.3-6.5
Not collected:
6.3: 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
6.4: 3, 5, 7, 9, 13
Assignment #14--Not collected
6.5: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 22, 25