MATH 214: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Fall 2010

Section 1: MTWF 3-4 East Hall 1060, Instructor: Matthew Satriano
Section 2: MTWF 2-3 East Hall 1060, Instructor: Elizabeth Wulcan

Office hours:

Section 1: East Hall 4827, Tuesday 2-3 and 4-5, Wednesday 2-3
Section 2: East Hall 3079, Monday 3-4, Tuesday 3-4, Thursday 4-5

Links:

The syllabus is available here.
Midterm 1 Materials: Review, Midterm 1 Winter 2010, Midterm 1 Winter 2009 (Key M1 09 8c) should be False) Note that these were 80-minute exams.
Midterm 2 Materials: Midterm 2 Winter 2010 (Key M2 10), Midterm 2 Winter 2009 (Key M2 09) Note that these exams cover Chapter 4, but not Chapter 7. Also they were 80 minutes exams.
Final Exam Materials: Final Winter 2010 (Key Final 10), Final Winter 2009 (Key Final 09)

Important dates:

First Midterm Exam: Wednesday October 13, in class
Second Midterm Exam: Wednesday November 17, in class
Final Exam: Friday December 17, 8am-10am: Section 1: 1300 CHEM, Section 2: 1640 CHEM

Announcements:

FINAL EXAM ROOMS NOW POSTED ABOVE

Homework and approximative schedule (updated weekly):

Problem numbers refer to Bretscher: Linear Algebra with Applications, 4th edition

Week 1 (September 7-10): Chapter 1
Homework 1 due Friday, September 17:
1.1 # 12, 16, 20, 32
1.2 # 8, 10, 18, 22, 36, 46

Week 2 (September 13-17): Section 1.3, Chapter 2
Homework 2 due Friday, September 24:
1.3 # 4, 6, 18, 20, 30, 36, 37, 58
2.1 # 4, 36, 44

Week 3 (September 20-24): Chapter 2
Homework 3 due Friday, October 1:
2.2 # 2, 6, 10, 16, 26, 28, 30, 38
2.3 # 10, 30, 65
2.4 # 4, 28, 34

Week 4 (September 27-October 1): Section 2.4, 3.1-3.2
Homework 4 due Friday, October 8:
2.2 # 19
2.4 # 40, 62, 69
3.1 # 10, 16, 24, 36, 38
3.2 # 14, 24, 30, 34, 36

Week 5 (October 4-8): Section 3.3, 3.4
Homework 5 due Friday, October 22:
3.3 # 6, 24, 30, 38, 80
3.4 # 16, 26, 28, 38, 40, 76

Week 6 (October 11-15): Midterm 1 on Wednesday 13

Week 7 (October 20-22, Fall break 18-19): Chapter 5
Homework 6 due Friday, October 29:
5.1 # 4, 16, 28, 32, 40, 42
5.2 # 8, 14, 22, 28, 32, 34, 40

Week 8 (October 25-29): Chapter 5, Section 6.1
Homework 7 due Friday, November 5:
5.3 # 8, 10, 15, 16, 20, 31, 40, 42
5.4 # 20, 22, 30
6.1 # 12, 16, 34, 40, 44

Week 9 (November 1-5): Section 6.2, 6.3, 7.1
Homework 8 due Friday, November 12:
6.2 # 10, 12, 15, 29, 46
6.3 # 2, 10, 12, 14, 22, 30, 34
7.1 # 2, 6, 8, 16, 18

Week 10 (November 8-12): Section 7.1-7.3
Homework 9 due Wednesday, November 24:
7.2 # 2, 10, 22, 25, 36, 38
7.3 # 8, 10, 22, 28, 30, 36
7.4 # 12, 18, 32, 36

Week 11 (November 15-19): Midterm 2 on Wednesday 17

Week 12 (November 22-24, Thanksgiving break 25-26): Section 7.4, Section 8.1
Homework 10 due Friday, December 3:
8.1 # 8, 10, 24, 30, 38, 44
8.2 # 6, 8, 18, 20, 21, 30

Week 13 (November 29-December 3): Section 8.2, Chapter 4
Homework 11 due Friday, December 10:
4.1 # 4, 6, 8, 10, 17, 22, 30
4.2 # 2, 6, 8, 30, 32, 42, 56
4.3 # 2, 8, 10, 18

Week 14 (December 6-10): Chapter 4

Week 15 (December 13):