Colorado State University, Pueblo
Math 207 — Matrix and Vector Algebra with Applications; Spring 2009
Homework Assignments & Course Schedule

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

In the following all sections and page numbers refer to the required course textbook, Linear Algebra, A Modern Introduction (2nd ed.), by David Poole.

Week of January 12:

• Read:
  • To the Student, p. xxiii
  • §§1.1 & 1.2
• Exercises:
  • start the exercises due next Monday.
• HW0: 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. The reason you are taking this course.
  5. What you intend to do after CSUP, in so far as you have an idea.
  6. Past math classes you've had.
  7. Other math and science classes you are taking this term, and others you intend to take in coming terms.
  8. Your favorite mathematical subject.
  9. Your favorite mathematical result/theorem/technique/example/problem.
  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.
  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 19:

• Read:
  • Exploration: Vectors and Geometry, p. 29
  • §1.3
  • Exploration: The Cross Product, p. 45
• Exercises due Monday, HW1:
  • §1.1: 6, 8, 10, 14, 18
  • §1.2: 2, 8, 30, 36, 42, 46, 56, 60
• NOTE: Wedsday is the last day to drop this class without any notice appearing on your permanent record.

Week of January 26:

• Test I will be on Friday, January 30th in class. It is a closed-book and -notes test.
• Exercises due Monday, HW2:
  • §1.3: 2, 10, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24,
  • Exercises from Exploration: The Cross Product, p.46: 4
  • Review Exercises, p. 56: 8, 10
• Here is a review sheet for the first midterm test.
• There will be review and summing-up of the vector material in class on Monday and Wednesday.

Week of February 2:

• Read:
  • §§2.1 & 2.2
• Revised solutions to Test I problems may be handed in on Wednesday for extra credit.
• Exercises:
  • start the exercises due next Monday.

Week of February 9:

• Read:
  • §§2.3 & 2.4
• Exercises due Monday, HW3:
  • §2.1: 6, 18, 22, 28, 32, 34
  • §2.2: 6, 8, 14, 32, 38, 40

Week of February 16:

• Test II will be on Friday, February 20th in class. It is a closed-book and -notes test.
• Exercises due Wednesday, HW4:
  • §2.2: 34, 39
  • §2.4: 16, 32, 34
  • §2.3: 4, 8, 22, 26, 30
• Here is a review sheet for the second midterm test.
• There will be review and summing-up of the vector material in class on Monday and Wednesday.
• NOTE: Friday (by 5pm) is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W recorded

Week of February 23:

• Read:
  • §3.1 — skip pp. 143-146, "Partitioned Matrices"
• Revised solutions to Test II problems may be handed in on Wednesday for extra credit.
• Exercises:
  • start the exercises due next Monday.

Week of March 2:

• Read:
  • §§3.2 & 3.3
• Exercises due Monday, HW5:
  • §3.1: 10, 12, 16-22 even, 36, 38

Week of March 9:

• Read:
  • §§4.1 & 4.2 (not pp.273(bot)—280)
• Exercises due Monday, HW6:
  • §3.2: 4, 24, 26, 38, 40
  • §3.3: 4, 12, 22, 32, 36, 40, 54
• SPECIAL EXTRA REVIEW SESSION ON SATURDAY, March 14th, at 2pm, in our usual classroom. I will unlock the outside building door facing the parking lot. If you cannot make this session, there will also be an in-class review next Monday, and also feel free to talk to me in my office (I'm around a lot next week and will spend whatever time you want with you, if I'm not teaching or in a meeting) or e-mail me questions.

Week of March 16:

• Last week of meeting for this course.
• Exercises due Monday, HW7:
  • §4.1: 2, 6, 8, 12, 36, 37
  • §4.2: 12, 14, 32, 34, 46
• The schedule for this week is:
  • Monday: Final review.
  • Wednesday: Final exam, part I This part of the final will focus exclusively on the most recent material, since the second midterm — so this will function effectively as a third midterm.
  • Friday: Final exam, part II This part of the final will be a sort of mini-comprehensive-final, in that it will be evenly divided into problems relating to the three sections of the course.
• Here is a review sheet for the material from Chapters 3 and 4 (so, the material since the second midterm); this should be consulted along side the reviews for Midterm I and Midterm II.

Week of March 23:

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