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Midterm 3 Information

November 7

Midterm 3 will take place during the scheduled class period on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

The exam is 75 minutes long. No notes, books, computers, phones, calculators or other aids are allowed. Full credit will not be awarded for insufficient accompanying work.

The midterm will focus on the following sections from the text:

  • 4.1 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
  • 4.2 Null Spaces, Column Spaces, Row Spaces, and Linear Transformations
  • 4.3 Linearly Independent Sets; Bases
  • 4.4 Coordinate Systems
  • 4.5 The Dimension of a Vector Space
  • 4.6 Change of Basis

You are expected to know all the material from prerequisite math courses as well as the material from Midterm 1 and Midterm 2.

Three practice exams have been posted in the resources section, which have similar length, difficulty, and format to your exam.

Asynchronous Lecture

October 28

Class is asynchronous on Tuesday, October 29. Office hours are cancelled for Monday and Tuesday of this week. If you cannot make Wednesday’s office hours, then email me and I may be able to make an appointment at another time.

The lecture is here.

Midterm 2 Information

October 3

Midterm 2 will take place during the scheduled class period on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

The exam is 75 minutes long. No notes, books, computers, phones, calculators or other aids are allowed. Full credit will not be awarded for insufficient accompanying work.

The midterm will focus on the following sections from the text:

  • 1.8 Introduction to Linear Transformations
  • 1.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation
  • 2.1 Matrix Operations
  • 2.2 The Inverse of a Matrix
  • 2.3 Characterizations of Invertible Matrices
  • 3.1 Introduction to Determinants
  • 3.2 Properties of Determinants

You are expected to know all the material from prerequisite math courses as well as the material from Midterm 1.

Three practice exams have been posted in the resources section, which have similar length, difficulty, and format to your exam.

Midterm 1 Information

September 5

Midterm 1 will take place during the scheduled class period on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

The exam is 75 minutes long. No notes, books, computers, phones, calculators or other aids are allowed. Full credit will not be awarded for insufficient accompanying work.

The midterm will focus on the following sections from the text:

  • 1.1 Systems of Linear Equations
  • 1.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
  • 1.3 Vector Equations
  • 1.4 The Matrix Equation \(A\mathbf{x}=\mathbf{b}\)
  • 1.5 Solution Sets of Linear Systems
  • 1.7 Linear Independence

You are expected to know all the material from prerequisite math courses.

Three practice exams have been posted in the resources section, which have similar length, difficulty, and format to your exam.

Welcome to the course!

August 20

This website will be the main source of information for the course outside of lecture. Announcements for the course will be posted on the website here. You can also find the course syllabus, lecture schedule, and additional resources. As the course progresses, you can check your grades on Blackboard