Linear Algebra

News

(May 8) Grades so far.
(Apr 26) Mathematica notebook from Monday's class.
(Apr 21) All of the quizzes posted are now posted with solutions.
(Apr 20) New sample quiz posted. This quiz is auto-generated, so there are four versions in HTML. Those are not the definitive four versions: use Mathematica to generate as many versions as you need until you can do the quiz in a matter of minutes.
(Mar 21) Snakes & Ladders (and blackjack and monopoly)
(Feb 27) Mathematica Worksheet (determinants)
(Feb 27) Chapter 1 summary (in Mathematica format)
(Feb 15) Mathematica Worksheet (row reduction and arithmetic)
(Feb 2) Mathematica 5.2 costs $2070.
(Jan 30) Get to know Mathematica.
(Jan 30) First day of class, first assignment given below.

Coordinates

Professor Kevin O'Bryant
Office: Building 1S 202
Classroom: Building 1S 103
Classtime: Mon/Wed 6:30 - 8:10
Office Hours: M before class and by appointment

Online Resources

Linear Algebra Toolkit

This will provide step-by-step solutions for a variety of types of computational problems, including finding the reduced row echelon form, finding bases, computing determinants, and solving systems of equations.

Paul's Online Math Notes

These notes, written by Dr Paul Dawkins, are a small textbook for a linear algebra course at Lamar University. Many students sing their praises. Sometimes, less is more.

Quizzes

#	Topic	Sample	Actual
1	Reduced row echelon form and Gaussian elimination	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
2	Matrix Arithmetic	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
3	Inverses	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
4	Determinants	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
5	First Proof	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
6	Linear Transformations	Mathematica HTML
7	Linear Independence	Mathematica HTML
8	Bases	Mathematica HTML
9	Fundamental Spaces	Mathematica HTML v1 HTML v2 HTML v3 HTML v4
10	Compute eigenvalues	Mathematica HTML
11	Uses of reduced row echelon form	Mathematica HTML	Mathematica HTML
12	True-False summary		Mathematica HTML

Policies

Grading and partial credit
Homework
Exams
Final grades
Late exams

Homework Assignments

This is not a complete list of homework assignments made. If you have more information about what I assigned, please email me!

Chapter 1

Section 1: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 26, 27
Section 2: 1, 3, 5, 9
Section 3: 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 23, 31
Section 4: read section
Section 5: 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17
Section 6: read section
Section 7: read section
Section 8: 3, 5
Supplementary Exercises: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 23, T11

Chapter 4

Section 1: 10, 12, 14
Section 2: 10, 12, 15, 23, 24
Section 3: 1-32 (All), T5, T11

Chapter 6

Section 1: 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 15, 20, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5
Section 2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 20, 22, T1, T9, T10

Chapter 8

Section 1:
Section 2:

Mathematica Notebooks

How to get Mathematica

Go to room 204A in the library building (the office of Lauria) and sign the license agreement
You will get the software, which after installation will need a password. The password should arrive by email.

MathReader

If you only need to view Mathematica notebooks, like the quizzes, then you can do this with the free (and downloadable) software MathReader.

This page created January 30, 2006, for a course at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.