MA205 - Linear Algebra - Winter 2006
Course Information

Instructor: Caleb Shor
Contact information: Hathorn 205, cshor@bates.edu, x6403
Office hours: M 12-1, W 11-12, R 3-4, and by appointment.

Bates Math Resources: http://abacus.bates.edu/~etowne/mathresources.html
David Lay's Linear Algebra Website: http://www.laylinalgebra.com/
Bates Mathematics and Statistics Workshop: http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/acad_support/msw/index.html

Course syllabus and schedule (pdf format)
Updated schedule (pdf format)


Assignments are assigned every day in class and posted below shortly afterwards (or earlier). All assignments are from Lay's Linear Algebra (3rd Edition Update).

Due date Date assigned Assignment
Monday, 1/9 Wednesday, 1/4 1.1, # 1-4, 7-10, 13-22, 25. (Turn in evens.)
Friday, 1/6 1.2, # 1-6, 9, 10, 13-20, 23-28. (Turn in evens.)
Friday, 1/13 Monday, 1/9 1.3, # 2-28 evens
Wednesday, 1/11 1.4, # 2-26 evens
Friday, 1/20 Friday, 1/13 1.5, # 2-32 evens
Wednesday, 1/18 1.7, # 2-22 evens, 28, 34-40 evens
Friday, 1/27 Friday, 1/20 1.8, # 2-20 evens, 24, 28-32 evens
Monday, 1/23 1.9, # 2-30 evens
Wednesday, 1/25 2.1, # 2-12 evens, 16-26 evens, 27, 28
Wednesday, 2/1 Friday, 1/27 2.2, # 2-6 evens, 10-26 evens, 30, 32, 38
Friday, 2/10 Monday, 1/30 2.3, # 2, 6, 8, 12-30 evens
Monday, 2/6 3.1, # 2, 4, 10-14 evens, 20-24 evens, 34, 36, 37, 41
Wednesday, 2/8 3.2, # 2-8 evens, 12, 16-22 evens, 26, 28, 31, 32-38 evens
Friday, 2/17 Monday, 2/6 Mathematica assignment #1 at the bottom of this page.
Friday, 2/10 4.1, # 2-24 evens
Monday, 2/13 4.2, # 2-24, 26a-e, 30
Wednesday, 2/15 4.3, # 2-16 evens, 20, 24, 30
Friday, 3/3 Friday, 2/17 4.4, # 2-14 evens, 20, 22, 28
Monday, 2/27 4.5, # 2-24 evens
Wednesday, 3/1 4.6, # 2-26 evens
Wednesday, 3/8 Friday, 3/3 5.1, # 2-20 evens, 22abde, 26, 32
Friday, 3/17 Friday, 3/10 5.2, # 2-12 evens, 16-20 evens, 24, 25
Wednesday, 3/15 5.3, # 2-14 evens, 18-28 evens
Friday, 3/24 Wednesday, 3/13 Error-Correcting Codes Assignment (pdf)
Friday, 3/17 6.1, # 2-22 evens
Monday, 3/20 6.1, # 24-30 evens; 6.2, # 2-22 evens
Wednesday, 3/22 6.3, # 2-10 evens
Friday, 3/31 Friday, 3/24 6.3, # 12-18 evens, 22; 6.4, # 2, 4, 8, 12
Monday, 3/27 6.4, # 14, 16, 20; 6.5, # 4-12 evens, 16, 20
Monday, 4/3 Wednesday, 3/29 7.1, # 2-14 evens, 18, 22-26 evens, 30
Friday, 3/31 7.2, # 2-8 evens

Mathematica: (click Save-As and then open these files with Mathematica)