Renzo's Math 469

Office hours: the official office hours for this class are following each lecture. However, you are very welcome to make an appointment and come ask questions, make comments, or just chat. You can also try showing up at my door anytime. But I might tell you to come back at another time if I am immersed into something else.

The tables of the law for this class are contained in the following document:
Syllabus

Homework: math is not a sport for bystanders. Getting your hands dirty is important to make sure that things sink in and you are not just spending a semester assisting to my creative rambling. Homework will be due pretty much every Friday (but see below for the up-to-date information). This semester I am going to be experimenting for the first time both with Canvas and WebWorks. Hopefully these will prove useful resources, but please bear with me as I learn the ropes. They say old dogs have a hard time learning new tricks...I don't consider myself an old dog yet, but sometimes technology makes me feel that way...

Homework will be both posted here and on Canvas

DUE-DATE:
Aug 28th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 1, and (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 2 of the book.
Sep 1st	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 4, Sections 1,2,4. Read Section 3 but don't think too deeply about it. We will come back to it later.
Sep 6th	Webwork assignement "Vectors in Space".
Sep 8th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 5, Section 1. Ponder the following definition. Definition of Vector Subspace. We say that a subset U of a vector space V is a subspace of V if U is itself a vector space under the inherited addition and scalar multiplication operations of V. Equivalently, U is a subspace of V if it is closed under addition and scaling (using the operations of V). Answer the following questions: 1 - Is a straight line a vector subspace of the coordinatized plane? 2 - Is a straight line through the origin a vector subspace of the coordinatized plane? 3 - Is a parabola a vector subspace of the coordinatized plane? 4 - Is the set of polynomials of degree less than or equal to 5 a vector subspace of the vector space of polynomials? 5 - Is the set of polynomials of degree greater than or equal to 5 a vector subspace of the vector space of polynomials?
Sep 11th	Webwork assignement "Vector Spaces". Think about: "what are the key points to take away from Worksheets 1 and 2"? Be prepared to contribute to a discussion in class.
Sep 13th	Answer questions 1, 2, 3 at the end of Worksheet 2, planes & more.
Sep 15th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 6 of the book.
Sep 22th	Webwork assignement "Linear Transformations".
Sep 25th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapter 9 of the book.
Sep 27th	Webwork assignement "Subspaces and Spans".
Sep 29th	Write solutions to Problems on Worksheet 3 "Linear functions" (only problems, not the discussions).
Oct 2nd	Write down Discussion 4 on Worksheet 3 "Linear functions". Write solutions to Problems on Worksheet 4 "Bases"
Oct 4th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about Chapters 10 and 11 of the book.
Oct 6th	Webwork assignement "Linear Independence"
Oct 9th	Webwork assignement "Basis and dimension"
Oct 18th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about "Isomorphisms: annotated".
Oct 20th	Write solutions to the problems highlighted in green in "Isomorphisms: annotated".
Oct 23rd	Write down (at least) one question or comment about "Linear functions (again): annotated"
Oct 25th	Write solutions to the problems highlighted in green in "Linear functions (again): annotated"
Oct 30th	Webwork assignement "KernelRangeNullityRank"
Nov 3rd	Write down (at least) one question or comment about "Matrix multiplication: annotated ". Answer problem 2.21 on page 234.
Nov 29th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about "Determinants: annotated "
Dec 1st	Write solutions to the problems highlighted in green in "Determinants: annotated". If you cannot see the colors, they are the following problems: 1.8, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.20
Dec 4th	Write down (at least) one question or comment about "Worksheet 6: the determinant ". Answer Problem 1 on the worksheet.

Exams: There will be two midterms and a final. These dates might change, so please check occasionally. If dates change I will also mention it in class, of course.

First Midterm: Oct 16th
Second Midterm: Nov 15th
Final: the official final is scheduled for wednesday Dec 13th, 4:10-6pm. We may discuss the opportunity of a take home exam if there is interest.