Honors Linear Algebra — Mathematics 540
Detailed Syllabus and Homework Assignments
Brown University — Spring, 2012
Professor Joe Silverman

There will be some additional homework problems that are not in the text. They are labeled A.1, A.2, ... You can find them by following this link, or by clicking on the links provided below for each problem.

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Homework Assignments for Math 540

Class # Date Topic Read HW Assignment HW Due
01 Wed Jan 23, 2013 Vector Spaces Pages 1–10 p. 19, # 1, 2, 3 Mon Jan 28
02 Fri Jan 25, 2013 Vector Spaces Pages 11–16 p. 19, # 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Weds Jan 30
03 Mon Jan 28, 2013 Finite Dim'l Vector Spaces Pages 16–18, 21–24 p. 35, # 1 and A.1
Solution to A.1
Weds Jan 30
04 Wed Jan 30, 2013 Finite Dim'l Vector Spaces Pages 24–27 p. 35, # 2, 3, 4 Wed Feb 6
05 Fri Feb 1, 2013 Finite Dim'l Vector Spaces Pages 27–31 p. 35, # 6, 8, 9 Wed Feb 6
06 Mon Feb 4, 2013 Finite Dim'l Vector Spaces Pages 31–34 p. 35, # 10, 11 and A.2, A.3
Solution to A.2, A.3
Wed Feb 6
07 Wed Feb 6, 2013 Linear Maps Pages 38–39 p. 35, # 13, 14, 16, 17 Wed Feb 13
08 Fri Feb 8, 2013 Class Canceled — Blizzard!
09 Mon Feb 11, 2013 Linear Maps Pages 40–43 p. 59, # 1, 2, 3, 4
Solutions to #2 and #4
Wed Feb 13
10 Wed Feb 13, 2013 Linear Maps Pages 44–47 p. 59, # 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14
Hint: 9 and 10 require little computation.
Bonus Problem: 16*
Wed Feb 20
11 Fri Feb 15, 2013 Linear Maps Pages 48–53 p. 59, # 19 and A.4. Wed Feb 20
Mon Feb 18, 2013 Brown closed
12 Wed Feb 20, 2013 Linear Maps Pages 53–58 p. 59, # 22, 23, 24, 25 Wed Feb 27
13 Fri Feb 22, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Feb 27
14 Mon Feb 25, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Feb 27
15 Wed Feb 27, 2013 First Hour Exam
16 Fri Mar 1, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 6
17 Mon Mar 4, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Web Mar 6
18 Wed Mar 6, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 13
19 Fri Mar 8, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 13
20 Mon Mar 11, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 13
21 Wed Mar 13, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 20
22 Fri Mar 15, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 20
23 Mon Mar 18, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Mar 20
24 Wed Mar 20, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 3
25 Fri Mar 22, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 3
Mon Mar 25, 2013 Spring Break
Wed Mar 27, 2013 Spring Break
Fri Mar 29, 2013 Spring Break
26 Mon Apr 1, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 3
27 Wed Apr 3, 2013 Second Hour Exam
28 Fri Apr 5, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 10
29 Mon Apr 8, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 10
30 Wed Apr 10, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 17
31 Fri Apr 12, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 17
32 Mon Apr 15, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 17
33 Wed Apr 17, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 24
34 Fri Apr 19, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 24
35 Mon Apr 22, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed Apr 24
36 Wed Apr 24, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed May 1
37 Fri Apr 26, 2013
(Reading period starts)
Pages – p. –, # — Wed May 1
38 Mon Apr 29, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Wed May 1
39 Wed May 1, 2013 Pages – p. –, # — Fri May 3
Fri May 3, 2013 Review and Q & A Session
  Weds, May 8, 2013 Final Exam — 2:00–5:00pm      
*Note on Bonus Problems: Bonus problems are for those who enjoy working on challenging problems for the sake of working on challenging problems. They will not get you much extra credit, but doing them will earn you a warm sense of satisfaction at having done a hard problem.

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