Homework List:

The following is a running list of the assigned homework problems.  The assignments are grouped into "weekly chunks," due at the beginning of class on the date indicated.

All problems refer to the exercises in our textbook "Introduction to Linear Algebra" by Strang, 4th edition.

*Next to each date below there are the board problems for that day.   Each day you should arrive prepared to present them all.*


8/27: Sect 1.1:  1, 2, 3
8/29: Sect 1.2:  6, 16, 27
9/1:  Sect 2.1:  4, 11, 28
9/3:  Sect 2.2:  3, 4, 6

HW #1, Due 9/3


9/5: Sect 2.3: 13, 19
9/8: Sect 2.4: 23 ;  Sect 2.5: 1
9/10: Sect 2.5: 10, 22

HW #2, Due 9/10 (solutions)


9/17: Sect 2.7:  11, 13
9/19: Sect 3.1:  4, 5
9/22: Sect 3.1:  18, 28

HW #3, Due 9/24

9/26:  Make sure you have read section 3.2 before class today.  Board problem:  Find a 2X2 matrix A so that some power of A is the zero matrix.  Cook up as many examples of these as you can.
9/29:  Sect 3.2: 7, 11
10/1:  Sect 3.2: 33;  Sect 3.3: 8
10/3:  Sect 3.4: 1, 19
10/6:  Sect 3.5:  5, 13
10/8:  Sect 3.5:  20, 26


HW #4, Due 10/8


10/17: Sect 3.6: 2 (matrix A); Sect 4.1: 8
10/20: Sect 4.2: 1 (part a), 11 (part a)

HW #5, Due 10/22


HW #6, Due 11/5

HW #7, Due 11/21


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