Basic Course Information.
This is the webpage for Linear Algebra (Math 67) at UC Davis in the Winter quarter of 2011. Your instructor is me, Andrew Berget. Here is the syllabus for the course. My email address is my last name @math.ucdavis.edu.
The course meets 3:10--4:00 MWF in 55 Roessler Hall and 3:10--4:00 Thursday in Physics 130 (Section 1) or Geidt 1007 (Section 2).
Office hours: My office houre are from noon until one o'clock on Mondays and Wednesdays. My office is 2228 Mathematical Sciences Building. If your TA is Efrem, you can visit him from 3-4pm on Tuesdays in MSB 2131. If your TA is Mo, you can visit him from Thursday following the discussion from 4-5pm in MSB 2125.
Textbook.
The text for the course is Linear algebra done right, by Axler. While not, perfect, we will follow it pretty closely. The book Linear Algebra - As an Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, by Lankham, Nachtergaele and Schilling, which covers essentially the same material at the same level. Another book you might page through is Linear algebra done wrong, by Treil.
Homework.
Homework will be assigned on a regular basis. You will find the assigned problems here.
- Homework 1. Due January 10. Solutions are now up!
- Homework 2. Due January 19. Solutions are posted.
- Homework 3. Due January 26. Solutions are in done.
- Homework 4. Note the correction to Problem A. Due February 2. Solutions.
- Exam solutions are now posted.
- Homework 5. Due February 18. Solutions.
- Homework 6. Due February 25. Solutions.
- Homework 7. Due March 4. Solutions
- Homework 8.
You are welcome to collaborate with your classmates on some of the homework, but it is my expectation that everything you hand in is something you understand and is written in your own words.
Discussion.
Some quiz solutions can be found at either Mohamed's page or Efrem's.
Writing Assignments.
You must type your solutions to the writing assignments. There will be four writing assignments.
- Writing Assignment 1. This is due January 21. It is recommended that you show a draft to me or your teaching assistant. I will go over the mathematics of a solution in class. Your job is to communicate a solution clearly in writing. Do not do the part that says "What is a basis for W?", as I did not cover bases yet.
- Writing Assignment 2. Now posted. Due February 7.
- Writing Assignment 3. (Corrected Feb. 25). A solution. Due March 3.
- Writing Assignment 4.
Calendar.
Click on a class day to read a description of what happened that day. I accidently deleted the first four days of class, sorry.