Assignments

The problem sets make up 15% of the course grade. Problems are assigned from the required text: Buy at Amazon Strang, Gilbert. Introduction to Linear Algebra. 4th ed. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, February 2009. ISBN: 9780980232714.

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Problem set 1

Do problems:

23 and 28 from section 1.2

4 and 13 from section 1.3

29 and 30 from section 2.1

20 and 32 from section 2.2

22 and 29 from section 2.3

32 and 36 from section 2.4

7 from section 2.5

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Problem set 2

Do problems:

24 and 40 from section 2.5

13, 18, 25, and 26 from section 2.6

13, 36, and 40 from section 2.7

18, 23, 30, and 32 from section 3.1

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Problem set 3

Do problems:

18, 24, 36, and 37 from section 3.2

19, 25, 27, and 28 from section 3.3. Problem 17 is optional but recommended

13, 25, 28, 35 (MATLAB recommended) and 36 from section 3.4

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Problem set 4

Do problems:

2, 20, 37, 41, and 44 from section 3.5

11, 24, 28 (with challenge subpart), 30, and 31 from section 3.6

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Problem set 5

7, 9, 31 (verify this with MATLAB on a 6 by 12 matrix), 32, and 33 from section 4.1

13, 16, 17, 30, 31, and 34 from section 4.2

13 (MATLAB allowed) and 17 from section 8.2

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Problem set 6

Do problems:

4, 7, 9, 26 and 29 from section 4.3

10, 18, 35, and 36 from section 4.4

10, 18, 31, and 32 from section 5.1 (the last two will be treated as challenge problems)

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Problem set 7

Do problems:

16, 32, and 33 from section 5.2

8, 28, 40, and 41 from section 5.3

19 and 29 from section 6.1

6, 16, and 37 from section 6.2

Challenge problem in MATLAB

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Problem set 8

Do problems:

14, 24, 28, 29, and 30 from section 6.3

7, 10, 23, 28, and 30 from section 6.4

9, 12, and 16 (counts as a challenge problem, MATLAB allowed) from section 8.3

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Problem set 9

Do problems:

25, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, and 35 from section 6.5

3, 5, 7, 10, and 11 from section 8.1 (last two count as challenge problems)

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Problem set 10

Do problems:

12, 14, 20, 22, 23, and 24 from section 6.6.

4, 11, and 17 from section 6.7.

4, 5, 12, and 13 from section 8.5 (last two count as challenge problems)

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