Harbourne's Math 314 Linear Algebra

Project due November 21, 2005

(List of UNL Campus Buildings, with Links to Maps)

Time: 1:30-2:20 MWF
Room: 118 Avery Hall

Office: 331 Avery Hall
fice Hours:   2:30-3:30 MWF, and other times by appointment, 
   but feel free to drop by my office anytime. If I'm busy, we can 
   make an arrangement for later. Note: now and then I may have a 
   committee meeting Monday at 2:30, but you can always check right
   after class if I'll miss my office hours that Monday.
Tel.: 402-472-4476
email: bharbour@math.unl.edu
web: http://www.math.unl.edu/~bharbour/

Syllabus

Here is an on-line version of the syllabus.

Quizzes and Homeworks
In case for some reason you didn't get it in class, I'll post homework and quiz
assignments here. The dates listed below are due dates for homework, and for
quizzes the dates they are given.

Solutions to Written assignments

Date              Item

Boardwork for Wed Aug 24: p 14: 14, 18
Written Homework due Fri Aug 26: 1.1: 6, 16, 20, 22; 1.2: 2, 8, 14
Boardwork for Fri Aug 26: 1.1: 14(d,e); 1.2: 17(b,d), 54
No Boardwork assigned for Monday 8-29-05

Boardwork for Wed Aug 31: 1.3: 2, 4

Written Homework due Fri Sep 2: 1.2: 18, 34, 46(b); 1.3: 18a
      1.3:  34, 44
No Boardwork assigned for Friday Sep 2

Boardwork assigned for Wednesday Sep 7: 
    2.1: 2, 4, 6

No Boardwork assigned for Friday Sep 9

Written Homework due Fri Sep 9: 
    1.3: 32, 48a
    2.1: 16, 32
    2.2: 14, 18

Quiz 2 Fri Sep 9 on 1.2, 1.3 and 2.1

Boardwork assigned for Wednesday Sep 14:
    2.2: 24, 44 
    2.3: 10, 22

Written Homework due Fri Sep 16:
    2.2: 28, 42
    2.3: 8, 12, 20, 24

Quiz 3 Wed Sep 14 on 2.1 and 2.2

Hour Exam 1: Wed Sept 21 covering 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Practice Exam
Practice Exam Solutions

Written Homework due Fri Sep 30:
    3.1: 10, 18, 30, 36
    3.2: 6, 14
    3.3: 12, 52

Board work due Mon Sep 26:
    3.1: 2, 4, 6, 22
    3.2: 4

Quiz Wed Sep 28 on the two types of span problems discussed in class.

Board work due Mon Oct 3:
    3.5: 2, 4, 6, 16

Quiz Wed Oct 5: covers 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3

Written Homework due Fri Oct 7:
    3.5: 20, 28, 34, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 58

Quiz Wed Oct 12: covers 3.5

Written Homework due Fri Oct 14:
    3.6: 4, 10, 30
    4.2: 10, 12, 14, 26, 46, 50, 52, 58

Written Homework due Fri Oct 21 (under my door by 1:30 pm or in class Wed)
    4.1: 4, 6, 12
    4.3: 6, 10, 18

No quiz Oct 19, but Exam 2 Wed Oct 26, over 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Practice Exam
Practice Exam Solutions

Class Fri Oct 21 relocated in time and space to Kimball Hall, 4pm.

Board Work for Monday, Oct 24: 4.4: 2, 6, 8, 10, 20

Board Work for Monday, Oct 31: 5.1: 2, 4, 8, 12
Written Homework due Fri Nov 4: 5.1: 10, 20, 26, 28, 5.2: 2, 12, 16 

Group Project due November 21, 2005 
(See section 7.3 of our book for background on the topic of this project.)

Board Work for Wednesday, Nov 9: 5.3: 2, 4
Written Homework due Fri Nov 11: 5.2: 22, 26, 5.3: 6, 8 12 

Wednesday Nov 9: Quiz on 5.1, 5.2

Board Work for Wednesday, Nov 16: 5.4: 2, 22
Written Homework due Fri Nov 18: 5.4: 6, 8, 14, 24

Wednesday Nov 16: Quiz on 5.3

Board Work for Monday, Nov 28: 6.1: 7, 8
Written Homework due Fri Dec 2: 6.1: 36, 54, 56,  62

Exam 3 (over Chapter 5): Wed Nov 30
Practice Exam
Practice Exam Solutions

Final Exam: Fri, Dec 16, 1-3pm AvH  118
The final exam will have 9 problems for 150 points.
The problems include a true/false problem, a problem
asking for examples of various things (like an
invertible matrix with no real eigenvalues perhaps),
and a proof taken from either exam 1, 2 or 3.

Old Final (pdf file)

Solutions (pdf file)

Computer Accounts

M314 students all get accounts on the Math computer network. In addition to giving you (possibly additional!) email and web access, you have access to various mathematical software, such as Maple, that can be useful for class.
Sometime soon (during the first week of class) I hope to be able to assign your accounts. After you get your account you should sign up for one of the orientations sessions. Orientations will not only show you how to use the system, but also a bit of how to use Maple for Math 314. Visit the Math Lab web page for more information.

Grade Scales, Averages and Semester Grades

There will be three hour exams. In addition, there will be weekly homework assignments, weekly open book/open note quizzes, daily boardwork for students to present problems in class, a written group project, and the Final Exam. If the percentage on your final exam is better than the percentage of your lowest hour exam, I will replace your lowest exam by your final. Your Semester Grade will be determined by averaging your grades on these items with the following weights:

               3 hour exams, worth                100 points each
               quiz average, worth                 60 points
               1 project, worth                    30 points
               homework average, worth             40 points
               boardwork, worth                    20 points
               Final Exam, worth                  150 points

               Total                              600 points

I will also email periodic grade reports to those students who would like me to do so. I'll hand out forms the first day of class to find out who would like to receive these emailed reports.