Linear Algebra II

430/630 LINEAR ALGEBRA II (3+0) 3 credits

   Fall Semester 2006                Eric Olson
   MWF 10:00-10:50AM AB 201          ejolson at unr.edu
   Office hours MW 2pm and F 1pm in AB614

There will be a Final Exam on Friday Dec 16 in our regular classroom AB201 at 9:45-11:45am. Topics covered include all topics that have appeared on all previous review sheets plus the following additional material.
  1. The definition of generalized eigenvectors from chapter 8 and the proofs of Propositions 8.5 and 8.6 and Corollary 8.7.
  2. Homework problems selected from the first 9 assignments including the optional 9th assignment.
  3. Know the exact statement without proof of the
  4. Know the characterizations of normal operators given in 7.6, of positive operators in 7.27 and of isometries in 7.36.
  5. The proof of the representation Theorem 6.45.

There will be a Quiz Mon Dec 3. Topics covered include all definition from Chapter 7, the proofs of propositions 7.2, 7.4 and 7.6, and the statement of the real and complex spectral theorems 7.9 and 7.13.
There will be a Quiz Wed Nov 15. Topics covered include all definitions from Chapter 6, proof of the triangle inequality, use of the Gram-Schmidt procedure to find a QR factorization of a matrix as in problem 4 on the math 330 final, properties of adjoints on pages 119-120 and the proofs of Corollary 6.33 and Proposition 6.46.
There will be a Midterm on Wednesday Oct 25. Topics covered include
  1. What does QED stand for at the end of a mathematical proof and what does that mean?
  2. Given a matrix A find a basis for the null(A) and range(A). This problem is essentially the same as #3 and #13 from the Math 330 final given on the first day of class.
  3. All definitions from Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the text.
  4. A section of True/False questions. If true, give a brief justification; if false, give a counterexample. A problem of this type is
  5. Proofs of Theorems 2.6, 2.14, 3.4, 3.18, 5.6, 5.10 and Propositions 1.8 and 2.8.
  6. Repeat of 2 homework problems from chapters 1, 2 or 3 that have already been graded and returned.
  7. Additional 1 or 2 homework problems from chapters 2, 3 or 5 that have not been graded or possibly not even assigned.

There will be a Quiz on Friday Oct 20. Topics covered include definitions from Chapter 3 and Chapter 5, Homework #3 and the proofs of Theorem 5.6 and Theorem 5.10.
There will be a Quiz on Friday Sept 22. Topics covered include defnitions from Chapter 1 and 2 and the proofs of Proposition 1.8, Proposition 2.8, Theorem 2.6 and Theorem 2.14.
Last updated: Wed Dec 13 10:50:37 PST 2006