M340L, Matrices and Matrix Calculations, Autumn 2011

Instructor Samuel Isaacson
Office RLM 11.164
Office hours Tu 4:00–5:30 PM, Th 11:30 AM–1:00 PM, and by appointment
Email isaacson@math.utexas.edu
 
TA Pulak Goswami
Office RLM 9.124
Office hours MW 3:30–5:00 PM
Email pgoswami@math.utexas.edu
 
Unique ID 55305
Course time TTh 2:00–3:30 PM
Course location ECJ 1.202
Course website http://www.math.utexas.edu/users/isaacson/m340l-autumn-2011/index.html
Course syllabus http://www.math.utexas.edu/users/isaacson/m340l-autumn-2011/syllabus.html

Course description

M340L is an introduction to linear algebra with a computational bent. The topics covered include matrix algebra, determinants, linear independence, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, least-square problems, and the spectral theory of symmetric matrices.

Electronic course instructor survey

Electronic course instructor surveys (eCIS) will be available for the last two weeks of the semester. During the survey period, you may fill out eCIS on UT Direct.

Homework

Homework grades will be posted periodically on Blackboard Learn. For details on the homework policy, see the syllabus.

Due date Exercises in Lay MATLAB supplement
September 1 §1.1 7, 8, 11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25 [PDF]
§1.2 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 20, 22, 29  
September 8 §1.3 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24  
§1.4 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 24, 31  
§1.5 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 24  
September 15 §1.7 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 [PDF]
§1.8 4, 6, 10, 20, 22  
§1.9 2, 4, 10, 16, 24  
September 22 §2.1 2, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26  
§2.2 2, 4, 14, 18, 20, 24  
September 29 §2.3 4, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20  
§3.1 1, 2, 3, 4, 34  
October 13 §3.2 6, 24, 28  
§4.1 2, 6, 10, 13, 24  
§4.2 4, 22, 24, 26  
October 20 §4.3 10, 16, 22, 24  
§4.4 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 18  
§4.5 2, 6, 10, 16, 18  
October 27 §4.6 2, 14, 18, 20  
§5.1 2, 4, 8, 15, 22, 26  
§5.2 2, 4, 6, 8, 18, 22  
November 3 §5.3 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 22  
§5.5 2, 4, 14, 16, 18  
§5.6 2, 4, 10, 12, 14  
November 17 §5.7 2, 4, 6, 10  
§6.1 2, 4, 6, 20, 22, 24, 26  
§6.2 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 24  
December 1 §6.3 8, 12, 16, 22  
§6.5 2, 4, 6, 10, 17  
§7.1 13, 14, 15, 16, 26  

Slides

Lecture date Slides Lecture date Slides
August 25 [PDF] October 13 [PDF]
August 30 [PDF] October 18 [PDF]
September 1 [PDF] October 20 [PDF]
September 6 [PDF] October 25 [PDF]
September 8 [PDF] October 27 [PDF]
September 13 [PDF] November 1 [PDF]
September 15 [PDF] November 3 [PDF]
September 20 [PDF] November 8 [PDF]
September 22 [PDF] November 15 [PDF]
September 27 [PDF] November 17 [PDF]
September 29 [PDF] November 22 [PDF]
October 4 [PDF] November 29 [PDF]
October 11 [PDF] December 1 [PDF]

Exams

Practice exams are available on Lorenzo Sadun's Spring 2010 M340L website.

  Exam Solutions
Midterm 1 [PDF] [PDF]
Midterm 2 [PDF] [PDF]
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Final exam [PDF] [PDF]
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