Homepage for Section 02 of Math 350, fall 2006
General Course Information
- Lecturer: Robert Wilson
- Phone: TBA
- e-mail:
rwilson@math.rutgers.edu
- Office Hours: TBA
- Other meeting times are
possible be appointment - usually at Hill-340 (BUSCH)
- Textbook: Linear Algebra
(Fourth Edition) by Friedberg, Insel & Spence, ISBN # 0-13-008451-4, Pearson
Education (2003)
- Exams, Quizzes, and Grades:
Midterm Exam #1 (Sections 1.2 – 3.4) on October 16 - 100 points
Midterm Exam #2 (Sections 4.1 – 6.7) on November 20 - 100 points
Homework & Quizzes - 100 points
Final Examination on December 20
(8:00 – 11:00 PM) - 200 points
Homework &Quizzes
There will be nine homework assignments. These will be due on the following dates:
September 13, 20, 27
October 4, 25
November 1, 8
December 4, 11
There will be three quizzes, two before the first exam and one between the
first and second exam. These quizzes will be announced in advance.
All homework assignments and quizzes will count ten points. Only the best ten of the twelve grades
will count. Late homework will be
accepted and make-up quizzes given only for serious reasons.
Approximate Syllabus
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Lecture
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Date
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Sections from
Text
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Lecture
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Date
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Sections from
Text
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1
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9/6
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1.2 – 1.4
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15
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10/25
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4.4, 4.5
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2
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9/11
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1.5
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16
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10/30
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5.1
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3
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9/13
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1.6, 1.7
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17
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11/1
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5.2
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4
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9/18
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2.1
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18
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11/6
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6.1, 6.2
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5
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9/20
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2.2
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19
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11/8
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6.2, 6.3
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6
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9/22
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2.3, 2.4
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20
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11/13
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6.4, 6.5
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7
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9/27
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2.5
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21
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11/15
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6.6, 6.7
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8
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10/2
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2.6, 2.7
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22
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11/20
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Midterm Exam #2
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9
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10/4
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3.1, 3.2
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23
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11/27
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6.8
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10
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10/9
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3.3
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24
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11/29
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7.1
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11
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10/11
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3.4
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25
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12/4
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7.2
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12
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10/16
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Midterm Exam #1
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26
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12/6
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7.3
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13
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10/18
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4.1, 4.2
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27
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12/11
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7.4
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14
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10/23
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4.2, 4.3
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28
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12/13
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Catch up and review
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Practice problems for Chapter 6
Solutions to Chapter 6 problems
Express the vector (5,3,7,1) as a linear combination of the
vectors in the orthogonal set {(1,1,1,1), (1,1,1,-3), (1,-2,1,0),
(1,0,-1,0)}.
Problems from Section 6.1: #5,#8a,b,#9
Problems from Section 6.2: #2a,f
Problems from Section 6.3: #2a,b, #3a,b