Semester: Fall 2011
Course:  Applied Linear Algebra
Course code: ACMS 20620

Course information and Syllabus

Textbook:
Linear Algebra with Applications, eighth edition by Steven J. Leon. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-600929-0, ISBN-10: 0-13-600929-8. Copyright 2010 Pearson Education Inc.

Note: If you do not purchase your textbooks at our university bookstore, it is your responsibility to make sure you have the correct textbooks.

Class time and place: Mon Wed & Fri  11:45am-12:35pm, Pasquerilla Center 116 (Lecture)
Instructor:  Yongtao Zhang
E-mail:  yzhang10@nd.edu
Office location: HAYE 242
Office phone: (574) 631-6079 
Office hours:  Thur, 1:30pm-4:00pm, or by appointment

Grader:  Angela Kim (akim6@nd.edu)

Exam Dates:

• Midterm 1: Fri, Oct 7, 11:45am-12:35pm, Pasquerilla Center 116.
  
• Midterm 2: Fri, Nov 18, 11:45am-12:35pm, Pasquerilla Center 116.
• Final Exam: Mon, Dec 12, 4:15pm-6:15pm, Pasquerilla Center 116.

Matlab:

• Download Matlab software MATLAB 7.12 for Students at the University website https://oit.nd.edu/software/licenseinfo/index.shtml
• Matlab Instructions: a good reference Matlab Primer, the pdf version is here.
  

Homework assignments:

Set 1: (Due Sep 2)

• Aug 24 - sec1.1: 1, 2, 5, 6(a),(b),(c).  DUE: Sep 2.
• Aug 26 - sec1.1: 6(d)-(h), 10; sec1.2: 1, 2, 5.  DUE: Sep 2.
• Aug 29 - sec1.2: 3, 4, 8, 9.  DUE: Sep 2.
• Aug 31 - sec1.3: 1, 2, 6, 7. DUE: Sep 2.

Set 2: (Due Sep 9)

• Sep 2 - sec1.3: 3, 4, 5, 8; sec 1.4: 7, 13. DUE: Sep 9.
• Sep 5 - sec1.5: 1, 3, 4, 5, 10(a),(b). DUE: Sep 9.
• Sep 7 -  sec1.5:  9,  10(c),  (d),  (e),  (f), (h).  DUE:  Sep 9.

Set 3: (Due Sep 16)

• Sep 9 - Matlab Exercise, page 78: 1. (just report "which of the matrices are equal?").  DUE: Sep 16.
• Sep 12 - Matlab Exercise, page 78: 2; sec2.1: 2.  DUE: Sep 16.
• Sep 14 - sec2.1: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. DUE: Sep 16.

Set 4: (Due Sep 23)

• Sep 16 - sec2.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. DUE: Sep 23.
• Sep 19 - sec2.3: 2(a), (b), (c). Matlab Exercise, page 106: 1. sec3.1: 1, 2.  DUE: Sep 23.
• Sep 21 - Matlab Exercise, page 107: 2, 3, 5, 6(a). DUE: Sep 23.

Set 5: (Due Sep 30)

• Sep 23 - sec3.2: 1, 2, 3(d)(e). DUE: Sep 30.
• Sep 26 - sec3.2: 4(a)(b)(c), 11(a)(b)(c)(e).  DUE: Sep 30.
• Sep 28 - sec3.3: 1(a)(b)(c)(e),  2(a)(b)(c)(d).  DUE: Sep 30.

Set 6: (Due Oct 07)

• Sep 30 - sec3.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  DUE: Oct 7.
• Oct 03 - sec3.5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. DUE: Oct 7.

Set 7: (Due Oct 14)

• Oct 10  - sec3.6: 1(b)(c), 2. DUE: Oct 14.
• Oct 12  - sec3.6: 4, 5. Page 162: 1. (Matlab Exercise)  DUE: Oct 14.

Set 8: (Due Oct 28)

• Oct 14 - sec4.1: 1, 4, 5, 6. DUE: Oct 28.
• Oct 24 - sec4.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. DUE: Oct 28.
• Oct 26 - page 175: 17, 18. DUE: Oct 28.

Set 9: (Due Nov 04)

• Oct 28 - sec5.1: 1, 4, 17. DUE: Nov 4.
• Oct 31 - sec5.1: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10. DUE: Nov 4.

Set 10: (Due Nov 11)

• Nov 04 - sec5.3: 1, 3, 5, 6. DUE: Nov 11.
• Nov 09 - sec5.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. DUE: Nov 11.
  

Set 11: (Due Nov 18)

• Nov 11 - sec5.4: 8; sec5.5: 1. DUE: Nov 18.
• Nov 14 - sec5.5: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12. DUE: Nov 18.

Set 12: (Due Dec 02)

• Nov 21 - sec5.6: 1, 3, 8. DUE: Dec 2.
• Nov 28 - sec6.1: 1(a)(b)(d)(e)(h)(i). DUE: Dec 2.
• Nov 30 - sec6.1: 1(c)(f)(g)(j)(k)(l), 14.  DUE: Dec 2.

Set 13:

• Dec 02 - sec6.3: 1, 2, 3, 4. 
  
• Dec 05 - Matlab Exercises, page 277: 1, 2; page 379: 10; page 380: 13.