Math 204 - Fall 2003
Linear Algebra

Professor: Erika L.C. King
Email:eking@hws.edu
Office: Lansing 306
Phone: 3355

Class Schedule: MWF 11:15am-12:10pm - Lansing 300

Seminar Paper (Due 12-18-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Thursday, December 11th or Sunday, December 14th and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by the third exam.

Remaining Math Tea

• Sunday, December 14th at 1:00pm in Lansing 300: Leya Tesmenitsky will talk about a graph labeling game. Click here for more information.

Third Exam: Thursday, December 18th: 7:00pm in Lansing 300

Review Session: Monday, December 15th 2:00-4:00pm in Lansing 300

Reading/Exam Period Office Hours:

• Tuesday, December 16th: 11:30am-1:30am and 4:30pm-5:30pm
• Thursday, December 18th: 3:30pm-5:30pm

Moral Homework 13:

• Read Section 4.8 pages 372-378
• Read Section 5.1
• Self Quizzes Sections 4.8 & 5.1
• Section 4.8: 3, 7, 9
• Section 5.1: 17, 23, 25, 29, 31

Seminar Paper (Due 12-10-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Thursday, December 4th and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, December 10, 2003.

Homework 12 (Due 12-10-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 4.7: 6, 10, 18, 26, 28 (see page 359), 32

Moral Homework 12:

• Read Section 4.7
• Self Quiz Section 4.7
• Section 4.7: 5, 15, 17, 23, 27 (see page 359)

Seminar Paper (Due 12-03-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Thursday, November 20th and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, December 03, 2003.

Homework 11 (Due 12-03-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 4.5: 10, 14, 40
• Section 4.6: 4, 8, 22, 26 for n=3

Moral Homework 11:

• Read Sections 4.5 & 4.6
• Self Quizzes Sections 4.5 & 4.6
• Section 4.5: 9, 11, 17, 19, 29
• Section 4.6: 7, 9, 21, 23, 25

Seminar Paper (Due 11-19-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Wednesday, November 12th and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, November 19, 2003.

Homework 10 (Due 11-19-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 4.4: 4, 12, 16, 18
• Section 4.5: Prove Theorem 4.5.8 (A set of vectors is linearly dependent iff one of them is a linear combination of the others.)

Moral Homework 10:

• Read Section 4.4
• Self Quiz Section 4.4
• Section 4.4: 3, 7, 9, 11

Seminar Paper (Due 11-12-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Monday, November 3rd and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, November 12, 2003.

Homework 9 (Due 11-12-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 4.2: 22
• Section 4.3: 6, 10, 18, 24

Moral Homework 9:

• Read Sections 4.2 & 4.3
• Self Quiz Sections 4.2 & 4.3
• Section 4.2: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15 (If the example is a vector space, show axioms (i), (iii), (iv) and (vi) hold. If the example is not a vector space, list the axioms that do not hold and show that they do not hold.)
• Section 4.3: 3, 15, 19, 23

Exam 2: Wednesday, November 5, 2003 (11:10am-12:15pm)

Moral Homework:

• Skim Chapter 3
• Section 3.1: 13
• Section 2.4: 13, 15, 19

Seminar Paper (Due 10-29-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Wednesday, October 22nd and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, October 29, 2003.

Homework 8 (Due 10-29-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 2.2: 12, 14, 22, 24, 32
• Section 2.4: 8, 16

Moral Homework 8:

• Read Sections 2.2, 2.3, & 2.4
• Self Quiz Sections 2.2 & 2.4
• Section 2.2: 3, 7, 19, 21-27 odd, 28, 31
• Section 2.4: 9, 11, 17

Homework 7 (Due 10-22-03 at 11:15am):

• Section 1.11: 6, 12
• Section 2.1: 4, 13 (make up a different example from those in the back of the book), 14 (if and only if proof!)

Moral Homework 7:

• Read Sections 1.11 & 2.1
• Self Quizzes 1.11 & 2.1
• Section 1.11: 5, 11
• Section 2.1: 3, 11

Homework 6 (Due 10-15-03 at 4:30pm):

• Section 1.10: 22, 28, 46, 60

Moral Homework 6:

• Read Section 1.10
• Self Quiz 1.10
• Section 1.10: 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 43, 49, 57

Homework 5 (Due 10-08-03):

• Section 1.8: 8, 26, 33
• Section 1.9: 12, 14

Seminar Paper (Due 10-8-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Tuesday, September 30th and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, October 8, 2003.

Moral Homework 5:

• Read Sections 1.8 and 1.9
• Do Self Quiz Sections 1.8 and 1.9
• Section 1.8: 13, 19
• Section 1.9: 13, 18, 23

Exam 1: Wednesday, October 1, 2003 (11:10am-12:15pm)

Seminar Paper (Due 10-1-03):

• Those who attended the Math Tea on Tuesday, September 23rd and would like to count that seminar towards their participation grade, must turn in a one page paper about the seminar by Wednesday, October 1, 2003.

Moral Homework:

• Section 1.8: 5, 7

Homework 4 (Due 9-24-03):

• Section 1.6: 30, 34, 40, 44, 48
• Section 1.7: 4, 14

Moral Homework 4:

• Read Sections 1.6 and 1.7.
• Do Self Quiz Sections 1.6 and 1.7.
• Section 1.6: 8, 9, 13, 17, 19, 35, 37
• Section 1.7: 19

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