MATH 526 Numerical Linear Algebra

Section 001
MWF 10:10-11:00, LC 405
Th 9:30-10:20, LC 303A
Section 002
MWF 10:10-11:00, LC 405
Th 11:00-11:50, LC 303A

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Instructor: Eric P. Choate
Office: LC 313A
Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 2:00-3:30
Lab Instructor: Kamala Diefenthaler

Course documents

Homework and quizzes

The homework does not need to be turned in, but the Wednesday quiz will be based on the homework assigned in the previous Wednesday, Friday, and Monday lectures. If the quiz is a take home quiz, it is due the following Friday whether you are in class on Wednesday or not.

LectureDateHomeworkQuiz
1Mon, 1/12none
2Wed, 1/14Section 1.1 #'s 2,3,6,11,15,26
Section 1.2 #'s 1-3,5,6,8,12-14,20,24
3Fri, 1/16Section 2.1 #'s 10-19
4Wed, 1/21Section 2.2 #'s 1-4,11,12Quiz 1 (in class) | Solutions
5Fri, 1/23Section 2.2 #'s 1-6,11-14,21,27,28
6Mon, 1/26Section 2.4 #'s 1,2,5-8,11-15,18,19,21-24
7Wed, 1/28Section 2.3 #'s 1,3,4,16,17,19,30Quiz 2 (in class) | Solutions
8Fri, 1/30Section 2.5 #'s 1,2,5-8,11-15,18,25-30
9Mon, 2/2Section 2.6 #'s 5-7,10,13,15,16
10Wed, 2/4Section 2.7 #'s 1-3,5-8,16,18ac,19,22Quiz 3 (in class) | Solutions
11Fri, 2/6Section 3.1 #'s 1,2,4-6,9-11,17-18,20,22,24-26
12Mon, 2/9Section 3.2 #'s 1-4,9,11,13,15,17,19,30,34
13Wed, 2/11Review for test
14Fri, 2/13Test 1Test 1 Key
15Mon, 2/16Section 3.3 #'s 1-3,8,10,15,16,23
16Wed, 2/18Section 3.4 #'s 1,4,6,18Quiz 4 (take home, due Friday)
17Fri, 2/20Section 3.5 #'s 1-3,11,17,25,27,34Quiz 4 Key
18Mon, 2/23Section 3.6 #'s 1,2,4,6,12,13,16,21
19Wed, 2/25Section 4.1 #'s 3-7,16,17,25Quiz 5 (take home, due Friday)
20Fri, 2/27Section 4.2 #'s 1-3,5,11,12,19,21,22Quiz 5 Key
21Mon, 3/2Section 4.3 #'s 1,9,10
22Wed, 3/4Section 4.4 #'s 2,4c,5-8,15,18,23,31aQuiz 6 (take home, due Friday)
23Fri, 3/6Section 5.1 #'s 1-3,7-9,13,14,19,23,24,30Quiz 6 Key
Spring Break
24Mon, 3/16Section 5.1 #'s 1-3,7-9,13,14,19,23,24,30
25Wed, 3/18Section 5.2 #'s 1,5,6,8,11,14,30,33Quiz 7 (take home, due Friday)
26Fri, 3/20Section 5.3 #'s 1,2,17,29Quiz 7 Key
27Mon, 3/23Review for test
28Wed, 3/25Test 2
29Fri, 3/27Section 6.1 #'s 2-6,9,14,20-22,30
30Mon, 3/30Section 6.2 #'s 1-4,19,20,34Test 2 Key
31Wed, 4/1NoneQuiz 8 (in class) | Solutions
32Fri, 4/3Section 6.3 #'s 1-5,8,12,13,17,19
33Mon, 4/6None
34Wed, 4/8Section 6.4 #'s 1-5
Section 6.5 #'s 1,2,6,24,29
Quiz 9 (in class) | Solutions
35Fri, 4/10None
36Mon, 4/13Section 6.7 #'s 1-3,11
Section 7.1 #'s 3,7-10,17
37Wed, 4/15noneQuiz 10 (in class) | Solutions
38Fri, 4/17Review for Test 3
39Mon, 4/20Test 3Test 3
40Wed, 4/22NoneTest 3 Key
41Fri, 4/24NoneExtra Credit Quiz
42Mon, 4/27
43Thurs, 4/30Final Exam


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