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LINEAR
ALGEBRA and
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
FALL
2009
SYLLABUS
TA = Henry Pao, Office hours in Whitehead 212, Thursdays 1:30-3:30
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
homework 1 due Tuesday, Sept. 15th to your TA.
homework 2 due in class, Friday, Sept. 18.
homework 3 due in class, Friday, Sept. 25.
homework 4 due in class, Friday, Oct. 2.
homework 5 due in class, Friday, Oct. 16.
homework 6 due in class, Friday, Oct. 23.
homework 7 due in class, Friday, Oct. 30.
homework 8 due in class, Friday, Nov. 6.
homework 9 due in class, Friday, Nov. 13.
homework 10 will not be collected for grade.
OTHER MATERIAL
Some old midterms: sample 1,
sample 2
Sketches of solutions to sample 1,
sample 2.
Results of midterm 1
A copy of an old midterm 2. Here's a solution sketch.
Here's a stem & leaf diagram of the Year-to-date homework averages
for students in this class: YTD HW.
Course Hw avgs are computed as follows: each hw grade is converted to a percentage, the lowest of these 9 percentages is dropped and the rest are averaged.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Midterm 2 on Monday, November 23 will cover:
From the text: Chapter 4 sections 1-6; Chapter 5 sections 1-3,5;
Chapter 6 sections 1-3; Chapter 7 sections 1-3,5; Chapter 8 section 1;
Also responsible for material presented in class up through the connection
between matrix exponentials and their relation to solutions of first order
linear systems; homework problems assigned through homework #10.