This is the common calendar. For course policies, please read the syllabus carefully.
For past midterm and final exams, please visit the 1553 exam archive.
Also, see Prof. Jankowski's Spring 2022 lecture recordings. He recorded most of the lectures from that semester, though a few had technical difficulties.Check out the games and demos page, our reference sheet, and the interactive row reducer, which is great for checking your steps as you perform row reduction.
In addition to the slides below, Dan Margalit has written a set of his own slides, which you can find here.
Please note that the schedule is tentative and may be changed without notice, especially before the semester begins.
Sections listed below correspond
to Interactive
Linear Algebra by Margalit and Rabinoff.
We encourage you to look at
the overview before the first day of
class.
| Date | Topic | Materials | WeBWorK | Quiz/Exam | Remarks | |
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| M Aug 18 | Overview and 1.1, Systems of linear equations | 1.1 Slides | ||||
| W Aug 20 | 1.1 (continued) and 1.2, Row reduction | 1.2 Slides | ||||
| F Aug 22 | Studio: 1.1 and 1.2 | Worksheet (solutions) |
Warmup | No quiz | ||
| M Aug 25 | 1.2 (continued) and 1.3, Parametric form | More 1.2 and 1.3 Slides | ||||
| W Aug 27 | 1.3 (continued) and 2.1 and 2.2: Vectors, vector equations, and spans | 2.1+2.2 Slides | 1.1 (due Wed Aug 27) |
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| F Aug 29 | Studio: 1.2 and 1.3 | 1.2-1.3 Supplement | Quiz 1: Syllabus (Fri Aug 29) |
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| M Sep 1 | Labor Day, No Class | |||||
| W Sep 3 | 2.1 and 2.2, continued | 1.2 and 1.3 (due Wed Sep 3) |
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| F Sep 5 | Studio: 2.1, 2.2 | 2.1-2.2 Supplement | Quiz 2: 1.1-1.3 (Fri Sep 5) |
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| M Sep 8 | 2.3, Matrix equations | 2.3 Slides | ||||
| W Sep 10 | 2.4, Solution sets and 2.5, Linear independence | 2.4 Slides | 2.1+2.2 (due Wed Sep 10) |
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| F Sep 12 | Studio: 2.3-2.4 | 2.3-2.4 Supplement | Quiz 3: 2.1-2.2 (Fri Sep 12) |
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| M Sep 15 | 2.5, Linear independence (continued) | 2.5 Slides | ||||
| W Sep 17 | 2.6, Subspaces | 2.6 Slides | 2.3 and 2.4 (due Thu Sep 18) |
Midterm 1: through 2.4 | ||
| F Sep 19 | NO STUDIO | NO QUIZ | ||||
| M Sep 22 | 2.7 and 2.9: Basis, dimension, Rank and basis theorems | 2.7+2.9 Slides | ||||
| W Sep 24 | 3.1, Matrix transformations | 3.1 Slides | 2.5 and 2.6 (due Wed Sep 24) |
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| F Sep 26 | Studio: 2.5-3.1 | 2.5-3.1 Supplement | NO QUIZ | |||
| M Sep 29 | 3.2, One-to-one and onto transformations | 3.2 Slides | ||||
| W Oct 1 | 3.3, Linear transformations | 3.3 Slides | 2.7+2.9, 3.1 (due Wed Oct 1) |
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| F Oct 3 | Studio: 3.2-3.3 | 3.2-3.3 Supplement | Quiz 4: 2.5-3.1 (Fri Oct 3) |
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| M Oct 6 | Fall Break, No Class | |||||
| W Oct 8 | 3.4 and 3.5: Matrix multiplication and inverses | 3.4 Slides | 3.2 and 3.3 (due Wed Oct 8) |
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| F Oct 10 | Studio: 3.4-3.6 | 3.4-3.6 Supplement | Quiz 5: 3.2 and 3.3 (Fri Oct 10) |
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| M Oct 13 | 3.5 (continued) and 3.6, The Invertible Matrix Theorem | 3.5+3.6 Slides | ||||
| W Oct 15 | Review | 3.4 (due Thu Oct 16) |
Midterm 2: 2.5 through 3.4 |
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| F Oct 17 | NO STUDIO | 3.5-3.6 Supplement | NO QUIZ | |||
| M Oct 20 | 4.1 and 4.3, Determinants and Volumes | 4.1 and 4.3 Slides | ||||
| W Oct 22 | 4.2: Cofactor expansions | 4.2 Slides | 3.5+3.6 (due Wed Oct 22) |
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| F Oct 24 | Studio: 3.6 and Chapter 4 |
4.1-4.3 Supplement
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NO QUIZ | Withdrawal Deadline, Oct. 25 | ||
| M Oct 27 | 5.1, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors | 5.1 Slides | ||||
| W Oct 29 | 5.1 (continued) and 5.2, The characteristic polynomial | 5.2 Slides | Det. I and II (due Wed Oct 29) |
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| F Oct 31 | Studio: 5.1 and 5.2 |
5.1-5.2 Supplement
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Quiz 6: 3.5-3.6 and Ch. 4 (Fri Oct 31) |
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| M Nov 3 | 5.4, Diagonalization | 5.4 Slides | ||||
| W Nov 5 | 5.4 (continued) and 5.5, Complex eigenvalues | 5.4 (continued) and 5.5 Slides | 5.1 and 5.2 (due Wed Nov 5) |
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| F Nov 7 | Studio: 5.4-5.5 | 5.4-5.5 Supplement | Quiz 7: 5.1 and 5.2 (Fri Nov 7) |
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| M Nov 10 | 5.6, Stochastic matrices | 5.6 Slides | ||||
| W Nov 12 | 6.1, Dot products and orthogonality | 6.1 Slides | 5.4 and 5.5 (due Thu Nov 13) |
Midterm 3: 3.5 through 5.5
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| F Nov 14 | NO STUDIO | NO QUIZ | ||||
| M Nov 17 |
6.2: Orthogonal complements;
Intro to 6.3: Orthogonal Projections |
6.2 and beginning of 6.3 Slides | ||||
| W Nov 19 | 6.3: Orthogonal projections | 6.3 (continued) Slides | 5.6 and 6.1 (due Wed Nov 19) |
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| F Nov 21 | Studio: 5.6 and Chapter 6 | 5.6-6.5 Supplement | NO QUIZ | |||
| M Nov 24 | 6.5, Least squares | 6.5 Slides | 6.2 (due Mon Nov 24) |
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| W Nov 26 | Thanksgiving Holiday, No Class | |||||
| F Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Holiday, No Studio | |||||
| M Dec 1 | Final exam review | |||||
| Tue Dec 9 | Final Exam for ALL SECTIONS of Math 1553: 6:00pm–8:50pm | |||||