Schedule

Week of

Coverage in textbook   

HW due on Friday

Topics

8/13 - 8/17

1.1-1.3

1

Systems of equations, Row reduction

8/20 – 8/24

1.4-1.6

2

Vector and matrix equations, Structure of solutions

8/27 – 8/31

1.6 - 1.8

3

Linear independence
Linear transformations & their matrices

9/3 - 9/7

Test 1 on Thursday

none

(Monday is Labor Day) review

9/10 - 9/14

2.1-2.3

4

Matrix operations, Invertible matrices

9/17 – 9/21

2.4,3.1,3.2

5

Partitioned matrices, Determinants

9/24 – 9/28

3.3,4.1,4.2

6

Determinants & their properties
Vector spaces, linear transformations

10/1 - 10/5

4.3-4.5

7

Bases, coordinate systems

10/8 - 10/12

4.6-4.8

8

Dimension, Rank, Change of Basis

10/15 - 10/19

4.9, Test 2 on Thursday

none

review, Difference Eqs

10/22 – 10/26

5.1,5.2

9

(Monday is a teacher workday)  Markov Chains
Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Char. equations

10/29 - 11/2

5.3-5.4

10

Diagonalization, Linear Transformation

11/5 - 11/9

5.5– 5.7

11

Complex eigenvalues, Discrete Systems
Differential eqs

11/12 - 11/16

6.1-6.3

12

Inner product, orthogonality, Orth. projs.

11/19 - 11/23

6.4(No school Weds, Thurs, Fri - Thanksgiving)

none

Orthogonal Bases

11/26 - 11/30

6.5, Test 3 on Thursday

13 due Weds

review, Least squares

12/3 - 12/7

6.6,6.7,6.8

14

Linear models, Regression
Inner product spaces

12/10 – 12/14

Review, Semester Exam

none

12/17 – 12/21

Semester Exam, special

none