Math 39000: Linear Algebra II with Applications (3 credits)
     Class Number: 29734

Spring 2010: Meets 1:30p - 2:45p MW   in BS 3014

Final Exam: Wednesday, May 5, 1:00p - 3:00p
Carl Cowen
    Office:  LD 224P
    E-mail:  ccowen "at" iupui "dot" edu
    Phone:   278-8846
    FAX:     274-3460

Office Hours:
    M 10:30-11:30a, M 3:00-4:00p, W 10:30a-12:30p,   or by appointment
Note: no office hours between noon Monday 1/11 and Tuesday 1/19.


  • Syllabus for Math 39000



  • Textbook for the course is "Linear Algebra for Engineering and Science" by Carl Cowen, ISBN: 0-9650717-4-X



         Class Schedule

    January 13    (for discussion) Handout 1 
    January 18   No Class -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    January 27    page 239: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
                  new problem: Suppose A and B are n x n matrices whose column sums
                     (not absolute column sums) are 1.  Prove that A*B has the 
                     same property.  
    February 3    Handout 2: Application to Cost Accounting      
                  Handout 2, page 7: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
    February 10   page 174: 1, 3, 4, 5 
                  page 180: 1, 2
                  page 192: 4, 5, 6
                  page 201: 1, 6, 8
    February 17   page 202: 10, 11, 13
                  page 211: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 18, 19, 20
                  page 221: 1, 4
    February 24   page 251: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    March 1       For Discussion!
                  page 255: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 (compare problems 8 and 9 and their answers)
                  page 260: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    
    March 3:     Test I on Sections 1.3, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 , 4.4, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, Application: Cost Allocation 
                   Test begins at 1:30 and ends at 2:50p, in the lab: LD 225 
                   No Books, No Notes, No Papers, No Phones, ... 
                   but you may use the PC's in the lab or your own laptop or calculator
    
    March 10:     page 307: not for handing in: 1, 2, 3, 4
                            to be handed in: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    March 24:     page 312: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    March 31:     page 337: 1, 2, 3, 4 
                      + Handout 3
                  page 343: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
    April 14:     page 364: 2, 3, 6
                  page 425: 1, 2, 3, 7
    April 19:     For Discussion!
                  page 425: 4, 5, 6
    
    April 21:     Test II on Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, Application: Markov Chains
                   in computer lab BS 3001, 1:30-2:50p 
    
    May 3:        For Discussion!
                  page 385: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Note: In 5, you should be able to do the problem without using the matrix B.)
                  page 415: for the matix B in problem 2, page 415, find the SVD
                    of B, the norm of B from that, and a rank 1 matrix that is
                    as close to B as possible.  
    
    May 4         Extra Office Hours: 2:30-4:00p
    
    May 5:        FINAL EXAM on all material from the course
                   Final begins at 1:00 and ends at 3:00p, in the lab: LD 225               
                   No Books, No Notes, No Papers, No Phones, ...               
                   but you may use the PC's in the lab or your own laptop or calculator
    
    
    



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