Math 3A. Linear Algebra (Winter 2017)
Course Code: 44605
Meeting Information
Room: SH 128
Day & time: M W F 3:00pm to 3:50pm
Midterm Exam: February 10, 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Final Exam: Monday, March 20, 4 - 6 pm
Instructor
Information
Instructor: Anton Gorodetski
Email: asgor(at)math.uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-1381
Office Location: 510G Rowland Hall
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 12pm - 1pm, or by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Min Wen
Required text: David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and its applications, 5th edition, Addison-Wesley.
Grading: Weekly quizzes 30%, midterm exam 30%, final exam 40%.
Homework
Homework 1 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, January 19): section 1.1, problems 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 25, 27; section 1.2, problems 1, 7, 11, 19, 21, 23, 29; section 1.3 problems 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 29.
Homework 2 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, January 26): section 1.4, problems 11, 13, 15, 21, 29, 30, 31; section 1.5, problems 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 27, 35; section 1.7 problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 19, 23, 27.
Homework 3 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, February 2): section 1.7, problems 11, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39; section 1.8, problems 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19, 29; section 1.9 problems 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21.
Homework 4 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, February 9): section 1.9 problems 11, 13, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39; section 2.1 problems 3, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25, 27; section 2.2 problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 19, 25.
Homework 5 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, February 23): section 2.3 problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 33; section 2.8 problems 5, 7, 15, 17, 19, 25, 29; section 2.9 problems 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19.
Homework 6 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, March 2): section 3.1 problems 3, 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 37; section 3.2 problems 9, 13, 19, 23, 25, 35, 39; section 3.3 problems 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 29, 31.
Homework 7 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, March 9): section 5.1 problems 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 25, 29; section 5.2 problems 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23; section 5.3 problems 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 27.
Homework 8 (to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, March 16): section 5.4 problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17; section 6.1 problems 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 25, 31; section 6.2 problems 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 21, 31.
Links
A First Course in Linear Algebra (by Robert A. Beezer)
A First Course in Linear Algebra (by N.J. Wildberger, video)
Linear Algebra as an Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (by I. Lankham, B. Nachtergaele, and A. Schilling )