The syllabus is here. Note that it also now includes a page listing all the suggested homework exercises for the semester. If you need the course ID for the e-textbook it is lamba65966.
The solutions to the exercises from Section 6.5 are here.
IMPORTANT: The final exam will be on December 12th 4.30-6.30pm. Remember to bring a picture ID. My Office Hours until then are December 1st 11.30-12.30, December 4th 1-2pm and December 7th 1.30-2.30. They will be held in my office, Exploratory Hall rm 4459. And you can of course ask questions by email.
12/1/2023 In the final class we covered Section 6.5. I will post the solutions to the exercises from that section here.
11/29/2023 In class yesterday we covered Section 6.4. Please have attempted the homework questions for that section by tomorrow. I will be having extra office hours this Friday from 11.30-12.30 and there will be at least two more next week but I'm not sure when yet.
11/22/2023 The homework questions due by the start of class on Tuesday are Section 6.2 #8,20 and Section 6.3 #2,14. Please get to class on time!
11/18/2023 In class yesterday I covered Sections 6.2 and 6.3. The test on Tuesday will cover everything we have done between Sections 4.6 and 6.1 inclusive. There will be homework questions due for grading by the start of class on Tuesday November 28. I will post details here after the test on Tuesday.
11/14/2023 Please have attempted the homework questions for Section 5.5 and 6.1 by Thursday's class. The 4th in-class test is November 21st.
11/10/2023 In yesterday's class we finished Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4. Please have attempted the homework questions by Tuesday's class.
11/8/2023 In yesterday's class we covered Section 4.6 and then continued with Section 5.2. Please have attempted the homework questions for Section 4.6 by tomorrow's class.
11/3/2023 Please have attempted the homework questions for Section 5.1 before Tuesday's class.
Here are the solutions to the homework questions for Sections 4.4, 4.5 and the ones that you handed in. Homework solutions..
10/30/2023 Dr Morris has kindly agreed to replace me for tomorrow's lecture as my health issue is still ongoing. He will collect the homeworks from you and start lecturing from Chapter 5. I will post homework solutions here shortly after the lecture finishes so you can prepare for Thursday's test. As always you can email me with any questions except on the day of the test itself.
10/27/2023 Please have attempted the homework questions for Section 4.5 before Tuesday's class. IMPORTANT: At the start of the class (don't be late!) I will collect your solutions to the following questions: Section 4.4 #14,24 and Section 4.5 #8,10. Your solutions must all be your own work and the same rules apply as for the previous two graded homeworks. The third test on Thursday will cover everything we have done between Sections 4.1 and 4.5 inclusive.
10/26/2023 Unfortunately I have to cancel my office hours today and there will be a replacement lecturer as I am unwell. There will be homework questions collected on Tuesday for grading. I will post details of which questions they will be here tomorrow after I find out how far my colleague gets in today's class.
10/20/2023 In class yesterday we finished Section 4.3 ans started Section 4.4. Please have attempted the homework exercises from Section 4.3 by Tuesday's class.
10/13/2023 I have posted midterm grades based upon the first test and the first two homeworks. Please have attempted the homework questions for Sections 4.1 and 4.2 before Tuesday's class.
10/6/2023 Remember that next week your Monday classes will meet on Tuesday and there will be no Tuesday classes. The second test will be next Thursday October 12th. The format will be the same as for the first test and this will cover everything we have done from Section 1.9 to 3.3 inclusive. You only need to bring a picture ID and something to write with. In class yesterday we covered Sections 4.1 and 4.2. Please have attempted the homework questions for those sections by October 17th.
9/29/2023 In class yesterday we finished Sections 3.2 and 3.3. Please attempt the homework questions before Tuesday.
IMPORTANT: The second set of homework questions will be collected on Tuesday. The same rules apply as the first time. They must be handwritten and given to me in person by the start of Tuesday's class --- either then or during my office hours just before. Email submissions or via Blackboard will NOT be permitted. Neither will late submissions. The questions to be graded are Section 3.2 #24,46 and Section 3.3 #6,22.
9/26/2023 In class today we covered Section 3.1. Please have attempted the homework questions by Thursday. The second set of homework questions to be graded will be due next Tuesday. Details to follow after the next class.
9/22/2023 In class yesterday we finished Sections 2.2 and 2.3 and just started Section 3.1. Please attempt all the homework questions for the completed sections before Tuesday.
9/18/2023 Unfortunately tomorrow's office hours will heva eto be shorterned from 3.30-3.50. Sorry about that.
9/15/2023 In class yesterday we finished Section 1.9 and 2.1. Please attempt the homework exercises from those Sections before Tuesday's class.
9/10/2023 Just a final reminder about the first test on Tuesday. It will be in the classroom at the usual time and will last one hour. As I stated in class the test will cover Sections 1.1-1.8 except for Section 1.6. There will be approximately 5 questions, each of a similar level of difficulty to a typical homework exercise. There will be absolutely no outside materials allowed --- no calculators, `formula sheets' or anything else. You will not need to bring any paper. Just bring something to write with AND A PICTURE ID (if you don't have an official GMU ID card then something like a driver's licence will be fine).
On Thursday, we will finish Chapter 1 and make a start on Chapter 2.
9/6/2023 In class yesterday we finished Section 1.8 and I will go through the exercises from Sections 1.5, 1.7 and 1.8 tomorrow.
9/1/2023 Yesterday we got as far as solving homogeneous problems in Section 1.5. Remember to hand in your hand-written solutions to Section 1.4 Exercises 14 and 18, and Section 1.5 Exercises 6 and 20 to me by start of class on Tuesday (see instructions below). Note that we didn't get quite as far as I had expected so you will have read ahead a little bit to answer the last of those questions. I am currently working on getting the course text available at the Fenwick library and will update here when it is.
8/30/2023 In class yesterday we almost finished Section 1.3 and will continue tomorrow. Those of you who bought the Global Edition of the book will need to get hold of the correct exercises from the `normal' 6th edition of the book as described by the bookstore. There should be copies in the Fenwick Library.
IMPORTANT: The first set of homework questions that will be collected and graded are due on Tuesday September 5th. These are Section 1.4 Exercises 14 and 18, and Section 1.5 Exercises 6 and 20. Your solutions must be hand-written and handed to me in person (ie NOT emailed or submitted to Blackboard) either at office hours on Tuesday or at the start of the class. You are not allowed to collaborate on these questions. Do not hand in any of the other homework questions even though you are still expected to do them.
8/28/2023 Just a reminder that TODAY is the last day to add to the course if you have not already done so. The last day to drop with a 100% tuition refund is Tuesday September 5th.
8/25/2023 In yesterday's class we finished Section 1.2. Please attempt all the homework exercises from these sections before Tuesday's class when I will go through some of them. They will not be collected or graded this week.
8/23/2023 In the first class we didn't get very far and introduced the augmented matrix form of a system of simultaneous linear equations. In the second class I hope to get as far as completing Section 1.2.