Thursday, October 28, 2010

Midterm 2 Review

Your second midterm will be Tuesday, November 2nd during class.  As you study for the second midterm, I encourage you to try some of the following problems, particularly those from the sections you may have struggled with the first time around.  Also, look over your old problem sets and course notes to make sure you understand your previous work in this course. 

Section 2.1 (3eg, 6, 9, 11)
Section 2.2 (1b, 3e, 9, 10, 12)
Section 2.3 (1b, 2c, 5)
Section 3.1 (1, 3, 7, 13)
Section 3.2 (1bc, 2c, 4b, 6a, 12d)
Section 3.3 (2ab, 3de, 8ab, 19)
Section 3.4 (1, 4, 8, 11)
Section 3.5 (1b, 2b, 3b, 4, 9)
Section 3.6 (1c, 2c, 9)

I will be my office from 1-6 pm on Monday, November 1st to answer questions and to hand back graded homework assignments.  I will also hold a review session on Monday, November 1st, starting at 8 pm in SC 1206.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Problem Set 8

Problem Set 8 is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, October 28th.

NO PROBLEM SETS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11:05 AM, unless prior arrangements have been made, so make sure to come to class on time!

Probelm Set 8 Directions:   To receive full credit, you must show all of your work.  You may use calculators/computer software.

Complete the following problems:
  • Section 3.5 (1a, 2a, 3a, 5, 6)
  • Section 3.6 (1ab)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Problem Set 7

Problem Set 7 is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 26th.

NO PROBLEM SETS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11:05 AM, unless prior arrangements have been made, so make sure to come to class on time!

Probelm Set 7 Directions:   To receive full credit, you must show all of your work.  You may use calculators/computer software for any problems that involve row reducing a matrix.

Complete the following problems:
  • Section 3.3 (2bc, 3bc, 4bc, 13, 16)
  • Section 3.4 (3,5,7,9,10)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Reading Quiz 6

The 6th pre-class reading quiz is posted here: Reading Quiz 6.  Email your responses to me by 7 am on Thursday, October 21st. 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Problem Set 6

Problem Set 6 is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 19th.

NO PROBLEM SETS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11:05 AM, unless prior arrangements have been made, so make sure to come to class on time!

Probelm Set 6 Directions:   To receive full credit, you must show all of your work.  You may use calculators/computer software for any problems that involve row reducing a matrix.

Complete the following problems:
  • Section 3.2 (2a*, 3e*, 4cd, 12bc, 13a, 15)
*For problems 2a and 3e, either prove that all the axioms for being a subspace hold, or show that at least one of them fails.

The following problems from Section 3.3 will be on the next problem set.   They are not due on October 19th, but you can get started on them now if you have time because we have covered all of the relevant material to complete them already.
  • Section 3.3 (2bc, 3bc, 4bc, 13, 16)

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Reading Quiz 5

The 5th pre-class reading quiz is posted here: Reading Quiz 5.  Email your responses to me by 7 am on Tuesday, October 12th.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Problem Set 5

Problem Set 5 is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, October 7th. 

NO PROBLEM SETS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11:05 AM, unless prior arrangements have been made, so make sure to come to class on time!

Probelm Set 4 Directions:   To receive full credit, you must show all of your work.  You may use calculators/computer software for all exercises except #1cd in Section 2.3. 

Complete the following problems:
  • Section 2.3 (1cd, 14)
  • Section 3.1 (5, 10, 11)