Planned Schedule and Reading Assignments
Math 301, Spring 2007



As it says above, this is the planned schedule for the semester. Like all schedules, it is subject to change. At most points in the semester, we will probably be a little bit ahead or a little bit behind.

All section numbers are out of Johnson, Riess and Arnold, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition.


Week # Starts Read
Sections:
Topic
1 Tues.
Jan. 16
1.1 Linear Equations and Matrices
2 Mon.
Jan. 22
1.2, 1.3 Gauss-Jordan Elimination
Consistent Systems
3 Mon.
Jan. 29
1.4, 1.5 Applications
Matrix Operations
4 Mon.
Feb. 5
1.6, 1.7 More about Matrix Operations
Linear Independence and Nonsingular Matrices
5 Mon.
Feb. 12
1.8, 1.9 Polynomial Interpolation
Matrix Inverses
6 Mon.
Feb. 19
3.1, 3.2 The Vector Space Rn
Vector Space Properties of Rn
FIRST MIDTERM: Fri, Feb. 23
7 Mon.
Feb. 26
3.3, 3.4 Subspaces
Bases of Subspaces
8 Mon.
Mar. 12
3.5, 3.6 Dimension
Orthogonal Bases for Subspaces
9 Mon.
Mar. 19
3.7, 4.1 Linear Transformations
Eigenvalues for 2x2 Matrices  
10 Mon.
Mar. 26
4.2, 4.4 Determinants and Eigenvalues
The Characteristic Polynomial
SECOND MIDTERM: Wed, Mar. 28
11 Mon.
Apr. 2
4.4(cont), 4.5 The Characteristic Polynomial
Eigenvectors
12 Tues.
Apr. 10
4.7 Diagonalization
13 Mon.
Apr. 16
5.2, 5.3 Vector Spaces
Subspaces  
14 Mon.
Apr. 23
5.4, 5.5 Linear Independence
Dimension
15 Mon.
Apr. 30
5.7 Linear Transformations



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