Linear Algebra, Spring 2016

Office Hours

Room 443, in the DMF Center for Science and Mathematics (near the Rondileau Campus Center).

• Monday 11:00-12:00 and Tuesday/Thursday 3:30-4:30.

You can also drop in and ask me a question:

• Any time you find me in my office (DMF 443).

Syllabus

• The Syllabus for Math 202. This is your source for course pacing, grading, and some helpful hints on group work and studying.
  
  
• You can access the online homework system at http://bridgewater.mathlogic.org/webwork2.
  
  

Assorted Resources

Definitions:

• A Running List Of the Main In-Class Handouts.

Computations:

• Video: Learning to solve systems of linear equations
• PDF: several scanned examples
• Video: Synthesis (finding h to make a system consistent, example 1 of 2)
• Video: Synthesis (finding h to make a system consistent, example 2 of 2)
  
  
• The Augmented Matrices Practice Quiz and Solutions
• Worksheet: Four Representations and Solutions

Proofs:

• Reasoning Logically with If and Then. This Handout summarizes the basic moves you can (and cannot) make when you have an "If/Then" statement.

Textbook Information

You will need both the textbook, and a lot of paper for notes, homework, and scrap paper.

Textbook: Linear Algebra and its Applications, 5^th edition by Lay, Lay, and McDonald.
You can buy the book in the bookstore, or order it online at amazon.com or some other seller for a much lower price.

We will not need the online access code, so you may purchase a used book.
I will not assign problems based on the numbers at the end of the book, so you may buy a (slightly) earlier edition.