218 Materials

Zoom Office Hours

  • MWF, noon-1pm EST, see Zoom invite in your mail/on Sakai.

Remote Lecture Schedule

Date Topic Textbook Section Video HW Number
3/23 Determinants - Cofactors and Inverses 5.2, 5.3 Video 9
3/25 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 6.1 Video, Corrections 9
3/27 Diagonalization 6.2 Video, Clarification 10
3/30 Eigenvalue/vector Examples 6.1, 6.2 Video 10
4/1 Complex Arithmetic 9.1 Video 10
4/3 Matrix Powers and the Fibonacci Sequence 6.2 Video 11
4/6 Symmetric Matrices 6.4 Video 11
4/8 Positive Definite Matrices 6.5 Video 11
4/10 Geometry of Pos. Def. Matrices 6.5 Video 12
4/13 Singular Value Decomposition I 7.1, 7.2 Video 12
4/15 Singular Value Demcompostion II 7.2 Video 12
4/17 SVD Applications - Theoretical 7.4 Video 12
4/20 SVD Applications - Practical 7.3, 7.4 Video

Useful PDFs for Class

Homework

All page and question numbers refer to Strang, 5th Edition

Homework is due on Gradescope by noon EST on the day listed

Week PDF Due Date Solutions
1 Homework Wednesday, January 15 Solutions
2 Homework Wednesday, January 22 Solutions
3 Homework Wednesday, January 29 Solutions
4 Homework Wednesday, February 5 Solutions
5 Homework Wednesday, February 12 Solutions
6 Homework Wednesday, February 19 Solutions
7 Homework Friday, February 28 Solutions
8 Homework Friday, March 6 Solutions
9 Homework Monday, March 30
10 Homework Monday, April 6
11 Homework Monday, April 13
12 Homework Wednesday, April 22

Materials beyond Class

Midterm Exam Schedule

There will be three midterm exams. They will be in weeks 5, 9, and 16. The following table is approximate. Exams may move a class day or two, depending on our progress. This will be announced during the week before the exam.

Midterm # Week Approximate Date Exam PDF
1 5 Wedesday 02/05/2020
2 9 Friday 03/06/2020
3 15 Monday 04/20/2019

Practice Midterms

Sage Cell for Computations