MAT 342: Linear Algebra
Fall 2019
| Class Time | M,W,F 2:00pm – 2:50pm |
| Class Location | Tempe – WXLRA 107 |
| Instructor | Sébastien Motsch |
| Office | WXLRA 836 |
| smotsch@asu[dot]edu | |
| Office Hours | M,W 11:00 – 12:00pm |
| Class webpage | www.seb-motsch.com/teaching |
Textbook
- Steven J. Leon, Linear algebra with applications (8th or 9th edition)
- (Supplementary) Gilbert Strang, Introduction to linear algebra (5th edition)
Course description
- Vector spaces: linear systems, determinant, dimension (Chap. 1-3)
- Linear transformations: matrix representation, orthogonality (Chap. 4-5)
- Matrix decomposition: eigenvalues, diagonalization, SVD (Chap. 6)
The grading scale is:
- weekly homework (25%)
- three mid-terms (45%)
- one final (30%)
The first exam will be held on Monday (09/23) in class. The second exam will be on Monday (10/21). The third exam will be on Monday (11/25).
Class Schedule
| Aug 23 – 30 | Linear systems, Matrix (chap. 1.1-1.3) |
| Sep 2 – 6 | Matrix manipulation (chap. 1.4-1.5) |
| Sep 9 – 11 | Determinant (chap. 2.1-2.3) |
| Sep 13 – 18 | Vector spaces (chap. 3.1-3.3) |
| Sep 20 – 23 | Revision + Exam 1 |
| Sep 25 – 30 | Linear independence, Basis (chap. 3.3-3.6) |
| Oct 3 – 7 | Linear transformations (chap. 4.1-4.3) |
| Oct 9 – 16 | Orthogonality (chap. 5.1-5.2) |
| Oct 18 – 21 | Revision + Exam 2 |
| Oct 25 – Nov 1 | Least square problems (chap. 5.2-5.3) |
| Nov 4 – 8 | Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization (chap. 5.4-5.6) |
| Nov 11 – 15 | Eigenvalues/eigenvectors (chap. 6.1-6.2) |
| Nov 18 – 20 | Differential equations, diagonalization (chap. 6.2-6.3) |
| Nov 22 – 25 | Review + Exam 3 |
Class homework
| Aug 30 | chap 1.1: 1 bc, 4 abc, 6 efg, 7, 8, 10 (solution) |
| Sep 6 | chap 1.2: 6, 9, 15, chap 1.3: 2, 9, 11, 13 (solution) |
| Sep 13 | chap 1.4: 1, 3, 7, 9, 16 chap 1.5: 7, 8 (b,d) (solution) |
| Sep 20 | chap 2.3: 1, 6, chap 3.1: 13, chap 3.2: 2, 4, 10, 13 (solution) |
| Oct 4 | chap 3.3: 2, 6, 16, chap 3.4: 3, 8, 10, chap 3.5: 4, 5 (solution) |
| Oct 11 | chap 3.5: 7, chap 3.6: 1, 8, chap 4.1: 2, 3, 6, chap 4.2: 5 (solution) |
| Oct 18 | chap 4.2: 7, 8, chap 4.3: 1, 5, 13 chap 5.1: 5, 10 (solution) |
| Nov 1 | chap 5.2: 2, 6, chap 5.3: 3, 4, 5, 6,chap 5.4: 16 (solution) |
| Nov 13 | chap 5.4: 23, 28, chap 5.5: 2, 8, 12, 14, 30, chap 5.6: 1 (solution) |
| Nov 20 | chap 5.6: 2, 4, 8, 12, chap 6.1: 1, 4, 8 |