Monica VanDieren Dept of Mathematics Office: John Jay 318 Email: mylastname at rmu dot edu URL: http://academics.rmu.edu/~vandieren/index.htm

Office hours: other times not listed below by appointment Mondays 2-3 and 4-5 Wednesdays 11-12 Fridays 11-12 and 2-3

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Schedule

Date Topics Event Mon, Aug 28 1.1-1.4 Population Models Introduction to Matrices Matrix Operations and Graphical representation of systems of equations (linear and non-linear)   Mon, Sept 4 Labor Day No Class   Mon, Sept 11 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 Solving Systems of Linear Equations: Graphical representation of row operations and using Gauss Jordan Elimination (systems with one, many and no solutions) Inverses Matrix Transformations 2D Matrix transformation Matrix Transformation 2d Demo Revised Gauss-Jordan Elimination handout Mon, Sept 18 Project 2 presentations Class in the Media Viewing Room (top floor of library) Reading assignment: Section 1.5, Chapter 2 and Section 3.1 Mon, Sept 25 Matrix Transformations and the concepts of composition, one-to-one and onto. Reading assignment: Chapter 3 and 4 Project 3 assigned Click here for corrected version. Webwork homework 3 assigned Mon, Oct 2 Determinants and vectors (chapters 3 and 4) Webwork 3 due Webwork 4 assigned Reading assignment: TBA Mon, Oct 9 Review for exam (for first 1/2 hour) Midterm (for next 50 minutes) Remainder of the class will cover the exam. Read Chapter 4 Mon, Oct 16 Chapter 4: Vectors and Linear Transformations Read Chapter 6 sections 1 through 3 Webwork 5 and 6 assigned Project 4 assigned Suggested problems: Section 4.1 problems 3, 8, 13, 17, 19, 21, 24-26 Section 4.2 problems 2, 3, 13, 15-17, 20, 23-25, 32 Section 4.3 problems 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30 Mon, Oct 23 Chapter 6 Sections 1-4 Real Vector Spaces, Subspaces, Linear Independence and Basis Webwork 5 due. Webwork 6 due. Project 4 due. Read Sections 6.4-6.8 Suggested problems: Section 6.1 problems 9, 10, 20 Section 6.2 problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 Mon, Oct 30 Chapter 6 Sections 4-8 Webwork 7 due. Webwork 8 due. Project 5 due. Read Sections 6.8-6.9 and 7.2-7,3 Suggested problems: Section 6.3 problems 3, 4, 7, 9, 11-16. Section 6.4 problems 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 32, 33, 34 Mon, Nov 6 Chapter 6 Sections 7-8   Mon, Nov 13 Chapter 6 Sections 8-9 and review for midterm   Mon, Nov 20 Midterm and Section 7.2 Least Squares Project 6 due. Mon, Nov 27 Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 2.5 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and applications to population models and markov chains   Mon, Dec 4 The Google Matrix and review for final Project 7 due. Mon, Dec 11 Final Exam Time: 6:00-8:00pm