Math 34600, Section E, Fall 2017: Elements of Linear Algebra
Prof. Hooper

Announcements:

I have moved the date of the second midterm. It will now occur on Monday, November 6th.

Course information:

Course Information: course_information.pdf
The Mathematics Department's Course Webpage
Tentative Course Calendar
Homework

Additional documents:

These are all pdf documents.

Practice for the final exam and solutions. (Please attempt the problems first!)
Take Home Quiz 9 solutions
An example presented in class of diagonalizing a matrix with complex eigenvalues
Take Home Quiz 8 solutions
Take Home Quiz 7 solutions
Take Home Quiz 6 solutions
Solutions to Midterm 2
Practice for midterm 2 and solutions.
Take Home Quiz 5 solutions
Proofs of results on the basis for the column space and basis for the row space.
Take Home Quiz 4 solutions
Solutions to Midterm 1
Take Home Quiz 3 solutions
Practice for midterm 1 and solutions
Handout 2 on function and matrix inverses
Handout 1 on linear transformations
Take Home Quiz 2 and solutions
Take Home Quiz 1 and solutions

Section Information:

Meeting times:	Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3:15pm in NAC 5/109
Instructor:	Prof. Pat Hooper
Office:	NAC 6/282
Office Hours:	Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm Appointments also accepted.
Email:
Phone:	(212) 650-5149

Additional Links:

Strang (the author of our book) has made available video lectures.
An interesting down to earth discussion of complex numbers in the New York Times
Google's ranking algorithm uses linear algebra, specifically the concept of eigenvectors. See How Google Finds Your Needle in the Web's Haystack.
Linear Algebra Done Wrong is a freely available textbook by Sergei Treil. I have used this text in the past.

Visit Prof. Hooper's website

Last modified on August 17, 2018.
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