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MAT22A, Linear Algebra, offers an introduction to elementary linear algebra, a discipline which is an essential tool virtually everywhere where mathematics is applied in the natural sciences, engineering (including signal and image processing, and computer graphics), in mathematical modeling in disciplines such as economics, and also in other branches of mathematics itself. Its importance can hardly be overstated. For most of you this course will also be a first encounter with abstract mathematical structures and an exploration of the power of mathematical abstraction. This course is challenging, but I hope it will also be a rewarding experience.

IMPORTANT: READ THIS!!! General information and course organization can be found here.

Practice Midterm: in Postscript or PDF format.

This years midterm + solutions in GIF format: Page 1, Page 1bis, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5.
I apologize if you cannot print the GIF files for whatever reason. Hard copies are posted at the TA's door.

Sample Final Exam: in Postscript or PDF format.

You can download a course outline in Postscript or PDF format.

Updated course outline with sections covered: in Postscript or PDF format.

E-mail messages to the MAT022A-001 e-mailing list are collected in the Messages Logbook .
This is the place the check for announcements about quizzes, exams, etc.

Please download the lecture notes on LU decomposition in Postscript or PDF format.

Please download the lecture notes on permutations in Postscript or PDF format.

Assignments for MAT22A, Section 1, Winter 2000:

Homework is due at the beginning of the class on the due date, usually a Monday. The numbers refer to the section and exercise numbers in the text. Corrected homework will be returned by the TA, in his office hour.

Assignment 1, due Monday, January 10:
1.1 # 1, 4, 5, 9, 15, 20, T3, T4
1.2 # 1, 2
1.3 # 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21, 24, T1-7, T10
3.1 # 1, 6, 10, 20, 24, 26, T8
3.2 # 3, 24, T6, T8-10,
3.3 # 4-10, T4, T8

Assignment 2, due Friday, January 14:
4.1 # 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, T1-6
1.4 # 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8abe, 15, 16, T4-7, T10

Assignment 3, due Monday, January 24:
1.5 # 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 20, 24
1.5 # T4, T5, T8, T12, T13

Assignment 4, due Monday, January 31:
Please download the assignment in Postscript or PDF format.

Assignment 5, due Monday, February 7:
2.1 # 2, 5ab, 6ab, 8, 11, 16, 20, 21, T10, T12, T15
2.2 # 1, 6, 8, 10, 17a, 18a, T6, T8, T10, T11

Assignment 6, due Monday, February 14:
4.3 # 1, 2, T2, T4, T10, T12
4.4 # 2, 6, 14, T1, T2, T6, T9, T10,

There is no homweowrk due the week of 02/21.

Assignment 7, due Monday, February 28:
4.6 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12 ,14, 19 ,20, 24, T4, T5, T6, T8, T9, T10, T12
4.7 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 20, 24, T4, T5, T6

Assignment 8, due Monday, March 6:
4.8 # 1a, 2b, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 ,14, 18 ,21, T5, T7, T9, T11
4.9 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6a, 7a, 8, 10, 12, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6

Assignment 9, due Monday, March 13:
5.1 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 , 13, 16, 18, 20, 25, 25, T1-8
5.2 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, T1, T2, T4, T6, T8, T10

Assignment 10, due Wednesday, March 15:
6.3 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 18, T2, T4, T8

Office Hours:

Bruno Nachtergaele (669 Kerr): Tue 10:30-11:50am, Wed 1:30-2:30pm, or by appointment.
Thad Edens (473 Kerr): Thu 12:00-2:00pm, Fri 12:00-2:00pm.

Instructors coordinates: Bruno Nachtergaele:

Department of Mathematics, 669 Kerr Hall.
E-mail: bxn@math.ucdavis.edu
Phone:    + (530) 750-1962 (home)
                + (530) 752-8061 (office)
                + (530) 752-6635 (fax)
Homepage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~bxn/