Math 3000
Linear Algebra
Call #: 10-836
Time, location: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00-12:15, 322 Boyd
Instructor: Patrick Corn, 527A Boyd, corn (at) math (dot) uga (dot)
edu
Office hours: M 2-3, W 11-1. Extra office hours will
always be available upon request. Note the permanent change
in Wednesday's times!
Course web page: You're looking at it.
Final exam: Tuesday, December 12, 12-3 pm.
Book: Linear Algebra: A Geometric Approach, by Shifrin and Adams.
Syllabus: Chapters 1-6 of the book.
Homework and tests: There will be weekly homework assignments, due every
Tuesday, taken almost completely from the exercises in the book. The
assignments will be posted on this webpage. There will be three midterms, given
in class.
Midterm dates: (These are final!)
Thursday, September 21
Tuesday, October 17
Thursday, November 9
There will also be short weekly quizzes, given in class. The grading will break
down as follows:
Quizzes plus homework 15%
Midterms 20%, 20%, 15%
Final 30%
The final will be cumulative, but with emphasis on the material not
covered by the midterms. The tests will be graded on a curve.
A note on collaboration: This course is a gateway to higher
mathematics. Mathematicians work together to solve problems, and so should
you. So, I would like you to work on the weekly assignments in small
groups of 2-4 people each. If you like, send me an email with your contact
information and any preferences you might have, and I will help form study
groups myself. I don't want you to work alone unless you're having no
trouble with the class at all--and even if that is the case, you will
still be strongly encouraged to collaborate with your fellow students.
Of course, group work will help you solve problems that you might not have
solved on your own. Sometimes your study partners will solve a problem
that you cannot; I merely ask that you write homework solutions in your
own words, so that it is clear that you understand what you are writing. A
less obvious benefit of group study is that the best way to test your
reasoning is to explain it to your peers.
Homework 1, due 8/29:
1.1: 1bh, 3ab, 5c, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18.
Homework 2, due 9/5:
1.2: 1cf, 2cf, 9, 14, 15, 17.
1.3: 1b, 2, 5ab, 7abd, 11.
Homework 3, due 9/12:
1.4: 1c, 3aceg, 4ab, 5, 7a.
1.5: 1, 3ab, 4a, 5b, 7a, 8.
Homework 4, due 9/19:
1.6: 3, 6, 8, 10.
2.1: 1cefhkl, 2 (ac only), 7bce, 11.
Homework 5, due 9/28:
2.1: 6, 9, 12ab, 13, 17, 19.
Homework 6, due 10/5:
2.2: 1ce, 2bd, 7, 12, 13, 17.
2.3: 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18.
Homework 7, due 10/12:
3.1: 1bch, 6 (you don't have to do the "two examples" part of 6a), 7,
8ad, 9, 12, 15, 20.
3.2: 2de, 3c, 5, 7, 10, 12.
Homework 8, due 10/31:
3.3: 2abc, 4b, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15.
3.4: 1c, 2abc, 4b, 13, 14, 15.
Homework 9, due 11/7:
3.6: 2abcd, 3abc, 4, 6b, 7, 8, 12b, 13a, 14b, 18b.
Homework 10, due 11/30:
4.1: 1b, 2, 4, 7ab (don't worry about checking anything), 12, 13.
4.2: 2d, 4, 6, 11a, 12ad.
4.3: 1, 3ad, 9, 16, 17, 20, 22. (These last two are not easy.)
Homework 11, not to be turned in:
4.4: 1, 3, 8, 12, 16.
5.2: 1, 5, 12.
5.3: 1, 2.
6.1: 1, 6, 7, 12.
6.2: 1.
Review session, 304 Boyd, Thursday December 7, 2-4 pm.
Quiz 1, 9/7.
Midterm 1, 9/21.
Quiz 2, 10/5.
Midterm 2, 10/17.
Midterm 3, 11/9.