Basic course data:

M251 -- Matrix Algebra, Spring 2010,
Instructor: Jochen Denzler
MWF 11:15 - 12:05, HSS 56

Textbook: Elementary Linear Algebra by Howard Anton (9th ed).
[As I make up my own homework, you could get along with an older edition as well]

Syllabus (pdf file)

Final exam scheduled by university policy as a function of the meeting time of the course:
For this class, it is: Fri, May 07, 10:15-12:15

Class Diary

Supplementary course material

Here is a glossary with the basic facts and definitions. Note that it sometimes looks ahead, presenting things as they fit together eventually, rather than in the piecemeal way you are learning them:
M251 Glossary: pdf file -- M251 Glossary: dvi file
(Up to page 18 handed out to class at the beginning, rest will be handed out later in the semester.)

A brief and simple clarification concerning coordinates of *points* vs coordinates of *vectors* (and the role of a coordinate origin):
Point vs Vector: pdf file -- Point vs Vector: dvi file -- Point vs Vector: ps file (will be handed out when we do chapter 3)

Homework collected here:

This is for reference only.
To see what is old, what is newly assigned, and when it is due, see the Class Diary
Solutions to homework that has already been graded can be found here. (Expect links to pending hwk to be dead)

Again, don't worry if headers on the hwk sheets refer to an old semester.

Chapter 1: pdf file --- dvi file

Chapter 3: pdf file --- dvi file

Chapter 2: pdf file --- dvi file

Chapter 4: pdf file (read with AcrobatReader; file may be inappropriate for xpdf) --- ps file
file also contains some conceptual review problems on older chapters.
sample page for hwk 1-6 (pdf format) --- same in ps

Chapter 5: pdf file --- ps file --- (final three problems: review problems)

Chapter 6: pdf file --- ps file --- dvi file

Chapter 7: pdf file --- dvi file