MATH 41021

Theory of Matrices

Spring 2009




NEW POSTS:

NOW I'M WAITING FOR
HOMEWORK FROM SOME OF YOU...
LISTEN, I'M NOT JOKING.
THIS IS MY JOB!


CONTACT INFORMATION
Instructor: Dr. D. L. White
Office: 212 MSB
Office Phone: (330)672-9034
E-mail:  white@math.kent.edu
Web Page: http://www.math.kent.edu/~white/
Office Hours: 10:00 - 10:50 AM MWF
11:00 - 11:50 AM TR
and by appointment
Finals Week
Office Hours:
(NEW 5/7)
Monday 8:30 - 10 AM
Tuesday 10:00 AM - Noon,
  2 - 4 PM
Wednesday 8:30 - 10 AM
  3 - 4:30 PM
Thursday 2 - 4 PM
           


OFFICE HOUR POLICIES:



If my answers frighten you,
then you should cease asking scary questions.

- Jules Winfield (Pulp Fiction)

It's mercy, compassion, and forgiveness I lack; not rationality.
- The Bride (Kill Bill, vol. 1)



COURSE INFORMATION:
PENALTIES FOR
CHEATING, PLAGIARISM,
ARRIVING LATE TO CLASS, ETC.,
MAY INVOLVE A WOODCHIPPER
LECTURE NOTES:
HANDOUTS:

Octavia Learns About Spanning Sets
(Here's More Spider Math)
HOMEWORK:


EXAMS:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
The following is the tentative schedule of sections to be covered.
The schedule, including exam dates, is subject to change.
(Revised 1/29/2009 due to snow day.)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Jan 19 - Jan 23 MLK Day
No Class
  Intro
4.2/4.3
  4.2/4.3
Jan 26 - Feb 30 4.5     4.5/4.4/4.6

HW#1 Due
Feb 2 - Feb 6 4.4/4.6   4.7   4.8

HW#2 Due
Feb 9 - Feb 13 4.8/4.9   4.9
Darwin Day
4.10

HW#3 Due
Feb 16 - Feb 20 4.11   7.2/7.3   7.4/7.5

HW#4 Due
Feb 23 - Feb 27 7.5   EXAM I   7.6
Mar 2 - Mar 6 7.6/7.7

HW#5 Due
  5.3   5.3/5.4

HW#6 Due
Mar 9 - Mar 13 5.4/5.5   5.5/5.7
6.2/6.5
  6.2/6.5

HW#7 Due
Mar 16 - Mar 20 6.2/6.5
6.3/6.4
  9.1/9.2/9.3   9.3

HW#8 Due
Mar 23 - Mar 27 SPRING BREAK
Mar 30 - Apr 3 9.4/9.5   EXAM II   9.4/9.5
Apr 6 - Apr 10 9.4/9.5   9.4/9.5   9.7

HW#9 Due
Apr 13 - Apr 17 9.7/9.8   10.3   10.3

HW#10 Due
Apr 20 - Apr 24 10.4   10.5   10.5

HW#11 Due
Apr 27 - May 1 10.6/10.7   10.6/10.7   EXAM III
May 4 - May 8 10.6/10.7   10.6/10.7   Review

HW#12 Due
FINALS WEEK
May 11 - May 15
FINAL EXAM
10:15 - 12:30
       


RANDOM STUFF:

I'm gonna ride my llama
From Peru to Texarkana
I wanna ride him good
In my old neighborhood
I'm gonna ride him good
In my old neighborhood.
                  - Neil Young


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Last updated: May 12, 2009

Donald L. White
Department of Mathematical Sciences
white@math.kent.edu