M340L, Matrices and Matrix Calculations, Spring 2012

Instructor Samuel Isaacson
Office RLM 11.164
Office hours TuW 4:00–5:30 PM and by appointment
Email isaacson@math.utexas.edu
 
TA Leann Smith
Office RLM 12.120
Office hours M 12:00–2:00 PM and by appointment
Email leann16@utexas.edu
 
Unique ID 55760
Time TTh 12:30–2:00 PM
Location RLM 4.102
Website http://www.math.utexas.edu/users/isaacson/m340l-spring-2012/index.html
Syllabus http://www.math.utexas.edu/users/isaacson/m340l-spring-2012/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
January 26 §1.1 7, 8, 11, 19, 21, 24
§1.2 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 22
§1.3 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 22, 24
February 2 §1.4 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 24, 31
§1.5 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 14, 24
§1.7 1, 5, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
February 9 §1.8 5, 6, 9, 20, 22
§1.9 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 24
§2.1 1, 11, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24
February 16 §2.2 1, 3, 13, 18, 19, 20
§2.3 3, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
March 1 §3.1 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
§3.2 5, 7, 24, 28
§4.1 2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 24
March 8 §4.2 5, 21, 24, 26
§4.3 9, 16, 22, 24
§4.4 1, 3, 5, 8, 16, 18
March 22 §4.5 3, 6, 10, 13, 18, 20
§4.6 2, 5, 10, 16, 18
§5.1 1, 7, 15, 22, 26
March 29 §5.2 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 18, 22
§5.3 1, 7, 9, 11, 22
§5.5 1, 3, 5, 13, 15
April 5 §5.6 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12
§5.7 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9
April 19 §6.1 1, 3, 9, 11, 20, 24, 31
§6.2 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 34
April 26 §6.3 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 22
§6.4 1, 3, 9
§6.5 1, 3, 5, 9
May 3 §7.1 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 36

Slides

Lecture date Slides Lecture date Slides
Janury 17 [Print] [Screen] March 8 [Print] [Screen]
January 19 [Print] [Screen] March 20 [Print] [Screen]
January 24 [Print] [Screen] March 22 [Print] [Screen]
January 26 [Print] [Screen] March 27 [Print] [Screen]
January 31 [Print] [Screen] March 29 [Print] [Screen]
February 2 [Print] [Screen] April 3 [Print] [Screen]
February 7 [Print] [Screen] April 5 [Print] [Screen]
February 9 [Print] [Screen] April 10 Review
February 14 [Print] [Screen] April 17 [Print] [Screen]
February 16 [Print] [Screen] April 19 [Print] [Screen]
February 21 [Print] [Screen] April 24 [Print] [Screen]
February 28 [Print] [Screen] April 26 [Print] [Screen]
March 1 [Print] [Screen] May 1 [Print] [Screen]
March 6 [Print] [Screen] May 3 Review

Practice exams

Here are the exams from my Autumn 2011 section of M340L:

  Exam Solutions
Midterm 1 [PDF] [PDF]
Midterm 2 [PDF] [PDF]
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Final exam [PDF] [PDF]
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Exams from 2010 and earlier are available on Lorenzo Sadun's Spring 2010 M340L website.

Exams

    Exam Solutions
Midterm 1 February 23 [PDF] [PDF]
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Midterm 2 April 12 [PDF] [PDF]
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Final exam May 10 [PDF] [PDF]
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