Colorado State University, Pueblo
Math 207 — Matrix and Vector Algebra with Applications; Spring 2008
Homework Assignments & Course Schedule

Here is a link back to the course syllabus/policy page.

In the following, "[A]" refers to the required course textbook, Elementar Linear Algebra (9th ed.), by Howard Anton. [You may use either the "standard" or "applications" version of this text, they are identical for the part of the book we will cover.

Week of January 14:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§3.1 & 3.2
• Exercises:
  • start the exercises due next Monday.
• Send me e-mail (at jonathan.poritz@gmail.com) telling me:
  1. Your name.
  2. Your e-mail address. (Please give me one that you actually check fairly frequently, since I may use it to contact you during the term.)
  3. Your year/program/major at CSUP.
  4. What you intend to do after CSUP, in so far as you have an idea.
  5. Past math classes you've had.
  6. The reason you are taking this course.
  7. Your favorite mathematical subject.
  8. Your favorite mathematical result/theorem/technique/example/problem.
  9. What computer background/experience/knowledge do you have?
  10. Anything else you think I should know (disabilities, employment or other things that take a lot of time, etc.)
  17. [Optional:] The best book you have read recently.
  18. [Optional:] When you are studying, do you like to listen to music? If so, what kind of music?
  I will only enter your name into my gradebook when I get this e-mail, so you really need to do this assignment ASAP. Please take a moment to be complete (indeed, be as expansive as you can) — the more information I have about you, the better I can adapt the course to your needs and interests.
• NOTE: Friday is the last day to add classes

Week of January 21:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§3.3 & 3.4
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §3.1: 4, 6, 12, 16, 17, 18, 21
  • §3.2: 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 17
• NOTE: Wedsday is the last day to drop this class without any notice appearing on your permanent record.

Week of January 28:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §3.5
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §3.3: 2, 4, 10, 12, 28
  • §3.4: 2, 4, 12, 16, 22, 37
• Here is a review sheet for the first midterm test, which will be next Monday.
• There will be review and summing-up of the vector material in class on Wednesday and Friday.
• The following should be handed in on Friday:
  • §3.5: 4, 6, 8, 15, 20, 22, 52

Week of February 4:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§1.1 & 1.2
• Test I will be on Monday, February 4th in class. It is a closed-book and -notes test.

Week of February 11:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§1.2, 1.3 & 1.4
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §1.1: 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 15
• Exercises due Friday:
  • §1.2: 5, 10, 16, 17, 18, 31

Week of February 18:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§1.5 & 1.6
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §1.3: 3, 14, 23, 24, 29
  • §1.4: 8, 12, 16, 32, 34
• NOTE: Friday (by 5pm) is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W recorded

Week of February 25:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §1.7
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §1.5: 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 21
  • §1.6: 2, 3, 16, 17
• Test II will be on Friday, February 29th (Leap Day!) in class. It is a closed-book and -notes test, covering all of Chapter 1 — in particular, you are responsible for the material in the §1.7 homework due next Monday.
• Here is a review sheet for the second midterm test.
• There will be a review in class on Wednesday -- please start the §1.7 homework (see next week's schedule) by then, in case there are issues about that material which we need to discuss.

Week of March 3:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§2.1 & 2.2
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §1.7: 2, 4, 7, 22, 28

Week of March 10:

• Read (in [A]):
  • §§2.3 & 2.4
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §2.1: 5, 10, 12, 17, 23, 33
  • §2.2: 3, 11, 13, 19

Week of March 17:

• Last week of meeting for this course.
• The schedule for this week is:
  • Monday: Final review
  • Wednesday: Final exam, part I
  • Friday: Final exam, part II
• If you want to know how you have done as soon as possible, send me an e-mail (to jonathan.poritz@gmail.com). I will respond with your grades, but encoded in a way to protect your privacy. Here is a page explaining this process.
• Here is a review sheet for the material from Chapter 2 (so, the material since the second midterm); this should be consulted along side the reviews for Midterm I and Midterm II.
• Exercises due Monday:
  • §2.3: 2, 3, 5, 15, 20, 22
  • §2.4: 2, 4, 8, 14, 24

Week of March 24:

• Spring Break! No classes, of course. In fact, this class is done for the whole term as of last week!