Math 221 -- Course Info

This web page is for both sections of Math 221. The material that appears here was produced for Section 01. There might be slight differences in the material that was handed out in Section 02. To read many of these files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Course Information Handout
Book: Linear Algebra and its Applications, 2nd edition (Updated -- hopefully), David C. Lay, Addison Wesley, Book web page: http://www.laylinalgebra.com/

Exam Schedule

Exam 1 - Friday, October 13, 2000, in class: Sample Exam, Sample exam solutions, Exam solutions.
Exam 2 - Wednesday, November 22, 2000, in class: Sample Exam, Sample exam solutions, Exam solutions.
Final Exam - Wednesday, December 13, 2000, 7:30 pm until 9:30 pm, 117 DBRT: Sample Final, Sample final solutions

Course Handouts

Homework for Chapter 1, Given out Wednesday, August 23.
Homework for Chapters 2 and 3, Given out Friday, September 15.
Homework for Chapter 4, Given out Monday, October 2.
Homework for Chapters 5 and 6.

Mathematica Notebooks

Introduction to the linear algebra features of Mathematica. Doable after Section 1.1.
Working notebook, Contains all the options needed to make the linear algebra features of Mathematica work the way we want.
Transmitting Secret Codies. Doable after Sections 2.2 and 2.3.
Computer Graphics. Doable after Sections 2.8.
Motion Pictures. Doable after above Mathematica notebook.

You might want to add mathematics as a helper application to netscape.

Take-Home Quizzes

Quiz 1, Due Monday, September 4, Solutions.
Quiz 2, Due Monday, September 18, Solutions.
Quiz 3, Due Monday, October 2, Solutions.
Quiz 4, Due Monday, November 6, Solutions.
Quiz 5, Due Monday, November 20, Solutions.
Quiz 6, Due Wednesday, December 6, Solutions.

Course Assignments and Schedule

Warning: The future is subject to change

WEEK 1 - August 23 -- 25
Wed. - Section 1.1.
Fri. - Section 1.2.
WEEK 2 - August 28 -- September 1
Mon. - Section 1.3.
Wed. - Section 1.4.
Fri. - Section 1.5; Take-home quiz #1 handed out.
WEEK 3 - September 4 -- September 8
Mon. - Section 1.6 (HW delayed a day); Take-home quiz #1 due.
Wed. - Section 1.6 (HW due on Monday).
Fri. - Section 1.7.
WEEK 4 - September 11 -- September 15
Mon. - Start section 1.8.
Wed. - Finish section 1.9 and example 3 of Section 1.9.
Fri. - Section 2.1; Take-home quiz #2 handed out.
WEEK 5 - September 18 -- September 22
Mon. - Section 2.2; Take-home quiz #2 due.
Wed. - Finish Section 2.2.
Fri. - Section 2.3.
WEEK 6 - September 25 -- September 29
Mon. - Section 3.1.
Wed. - Section 3.2.
Fri. - Section 3.3 (3.3 is due by Friday Oct 6); Take-home quiz #3 handed out.
WEEK 7 - October 2 -- October 6
Mon. - Start Section 4.1; Take-home quiz #3 due.
Wed. - Finish Section 4.1 (4.1 is due on Monday), Start Section 4.2.
Fri. - Finish Section 4.2 (4.2 is due on Friday Oct 13).
WEEK 8 - October 9 -- October 13
Mon. - Section 4.3 (4.3 is due on Friday Oct 13).
Wed. - Review.
Fri. - In class exam.
WEEK 9 - October 23 -- October 27
Mon. - Section 4.4.
Wed. - Section 4.5.
Fri. - Finish Section 4.5.
WEEK 10 - October 30 -- November 3
Mon. - Section 4.6.
Wed. - Section 4.7; Take-home quiz #4 handed out.
Fri. - Section 5.1.
WEEK 11 - November 6 -- November 10
Mon. - Section 5.2; Take-home quiz #4 due.
Wed. - Section 5.3.
Fri. - Started Section 5.4.
WEEK 12 - November 13 -- November 17
Mon. - Finish 5.4 and start Section 6.1.
Wed. - Section 6.1; Take-home quiz #5 handed out.
Fri. - Section 6.2.
WEEK 13 - November 20 -- November 22
Mon. - Review and catch up; Take-home quiz #5 due.
Wed. - Second class exam.
WEEK 14 - November 27 -- December 1
Mon. - Section 6.3.
Wed. - Start Section 6.4.
Fri. - Finish Section 6.4; Take-home quiz #6 handed out
WEEK 15 - December 4 -- 6
Mon. - Section 6.5.
Wed. - Catch up, Review; Take-home quiz #6 due.
December 13, 2000, Final Exam, 7:30 pm until 9:30 pm, 117 DBRT.