Course Plan for Linear Algebra I

The following course plan is preliminary. In particular the quiz problems may changed before they are presented in class.

Lecture Date Content Chapters Quiz problems
1 October 1 Introduction, Systems of linear equations 1.1 1.1: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17
2 October 15 Matrices, Vectors, Dot product 1.2, Appendix A 1.1: 19, 21, 27, Handout: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3 October 22 Lines and planes Handout Handout: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
4 October 29 Gauss-Jordan elimination 1.2 1.2: 1, 5, 7, 11, 25, 27, 35, 41
5 November 5 Solutions to systems of linear equations 1.3 1.3: 1, 3, 7, 13, 15, 19, 25, 55
6 November 12 Linear transformations 2.1 2.1: 1, 5, 7, 17, 21, 33, 39, 49
7 November 19 Midterm Exam
8 November 26 Linear transformations and geometry 2.2 2.2: 3, 7, 9, 13, 19, 21, 23, 29
9 December 3 Matrix multiplication 2.3 2.3: 1, 5, 11, 13, 33, 51, 55, 63
10 December 10 Matrix inverse 2.4 2.4: 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 29, 35, 43
11 December 17 Determinants 6.1 6.1: 3, 5, 7, 17, 23, 27, 31, 35
12 January 9 Properties of determinants 6.2 6.2: 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 29, 39
13 January 10 (Period 1) Geometric interpretation of determinants 6.3 6.3: 1, 3, 7, 9, 23, 25, 27, 33
14 January 21 Review 1, 2, 6
15 January 28 Final Exam