Announcements:
Coverage. On Monday, July 14 we finished Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4. You are responsible for all the exercises through Section 6.4. The final exam will be given Monday July 21, 430-715pm.
Final Exam. The final exam will be given on Monday July 21, from 430pm-715pm in the same room where we have class. About half of the exam will cover Sections 5.3, 5.4, and 6.1-6.5 of the text. The remaining half (approximately) will cover other material from earlier in the semester. Problems on the exam will be similar to homework problems. Calculators are not permitted on the final exam. As usual you must show all work. You are permitted to bring in all of the 3x5 cards you have prepared during the term plus one more (for a total of up to 6 cards), or one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper, with formulas, notes etc. on it. There will be no questions on the final from Sections 2.1, or 3.1-3.3. However you may be required to use some of those skills (such as computing a determinant, or multiplying matrices) on other parts of the exam.
Exam 5. Exam 5 will be given on Wednesday July 9 during the first hour of class. It will cover Sections 4.5-4.7, 5.1, 5.2. Calculators will not be permitted for this exam. You will be allowed to bring in one 3x5 card with notes. Exam questions will be similar to homework questions and to examples gone over in class.
Exam 4. Exam 4 will be given on Wednesday July 2 during the first hour of class. It will cover Sections 4.1-4.4. Even though we did not finish all of Section 4.4, you are responsible for trying all of the problems in that section. I will spend time reviewing Section 4.4 on Monday. The exam problems from Section 4.4 will be weighted toward finding and manipulating coordinate vectors. Calculators will not be permitted for this exam. You will be allowed to bring in one 3x5 card with notes. Exam questions will be similar to homework questions and to examples gone over in class.
Exam 3. Exam 3 will be given on Wednesday June 25 during the first hour of class. It will cover Sections 2.5, 3.1-3.3. Calculators will not be permitted for this exam. You will be allowed to bring in one 3x5 card with notes. Exam questions will be similar to homework questions and to examples gone over in class.
Exam 2. Exam 2 will be given on Wednesday June 18 during the first hour of class. It will cover Sections 1.8, 1.9, 2.1-2.3. Calculators will not be permitted for this exam. You will be allowed to bring in one 3x5 card with notes. Exam questions will be similar to homework questions and to examples gone over in class.
Exam 1. Exam 1 will be given on Wednesday June 11 during the first hour of class. It will cover Sections 1.1-1.5, and 1.7. Calculators will not be permitted for this exam. You will be allowed to bring in one 3x5 card with notes. Exam questions will be similar to homework questions and to examples gone over in class. There was a typo on Problem 5 of Exam 1 which I once again apologize for. The solutions to Exam 1 posted below and the pdf version of the exam are written for the exam as it should have been.
Deadlines. Please be aware of all relevant deadlines.
Tutoring Help. The Mathematics Department runs the Mathematics Tutoring Center. You are encouraged to take advantage of this FREE service. A list of private tutors is also available from the Math Department's homepage.
Exam Solutions:
Exam 1:
pdf;
Solutions: pdf
Exam 2: pdf;
Solutions: pdf
Exam 3: pdf;
Solutions: pdf
Exam 4: pdf;
Solutions: pdf
Matlab demos:
Website for Lay, Linear Algebra: www.laylinalgebra.com
Downloadable overheads:
Section
1.1
Section
1.2
Section
1.3
Section
1.4
Section 1.5
Section 1.7
Section 1.8
Section 1.9
Section 2.1
Section 2.2
Section 2.3
Section
4.1
Section 4.2
Section 4.3
Section
4.4
Section 4.5
Section 4.6
Section 4.7 Change of Basis
Section 5.1
Section 5.2
Section 5.3
Section 5.4
Eigenvectors and Linear Transformations
Section 6.1
Section 6.2
Section 6.3
Section 6.5
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