DOUGLAS COLLEGE - DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

MATH 2232 – Linear Algebra

Winter 2018

Instructor: Aubie Anisef Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays

Office: Room S3933

Office Hours:
Phone: 604-527-5229
Tuesdays and Thursdays:
E-mail: anisefa@douglascollege.ca

Calendar Description:
Math 2232 is a one semester course designed to provide a foundation in the mathematics of
linear algebra. This course often serves as an introduction to abstract mathematics and proof
techniques. Topics include solving systems of linear equations, matrices and determinants,
vector spaces, linear transformations, change of basis, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors, inner
products and orthogonality, the least squares problem, and diagonalization.

Pre-requisite: MATH 1120 or MATH 1130.

Text: Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, 5th edition, Pearson, 2016

Grades and Examination Dates: Student grades will be determined by Percentage Letter
performance on weekly tutorials, term tests, and a final examination. 95 – 100 A+
The weighting of each of these categories and dates of the term tests 90 – 94 A
are as follows. 85 – 89 A-
80 – 84 B+
Tutorials Weekly 10% 75 – 79 B
Quizzes Weeks 2, 4, 8, 10, and 13 10% 70 – 74 B-
Test #1 Tuesday, October 10th 20% 65 – 69 C+
Test #2 Tuesday, November 14th 20% 60 – 64 C
Final Exam Date To Be Determined 40% 55 – 59 C-
50 – 54 P
Students overall grades will be rounded to the nearest percent and 0 – 49 F
letter grades will be assigned according to the table on the right.

Attendance:
Generally speaking, attendance is related to performance. Students that attend lectures on a
regular basis tend to stay on track, understand more, and perform better than students who
miss lectures. It is College policy that any student who misses more than 30% of the scheduled
lectures, or misses evaluations totaling more than 30% of the overall course grade, will be
prohibited from writing the final exam and will receive a non-attendance grade (UN).
Math Lab:
The Math Lab can be found in Room 3910. During open lab times, TA’s will be available to help
with textbook problems and concepts covered in the course. Students are encouraged to take
advantage of this resource. Please see the posted schedule.

Tutorials:
During weekly tutorials, students will work through a selection of problems designed to clarify
the concepts covered during the previous week’s lectures. Tutorial attendance is mandatory.

Assignment and Quizzes:

A list of recommended questions is included with the tentative lecture schedule. Although
homework assignments will not be collected or graded, it is expected that students will
complete all of these questions. In order to encourage students to complete the questions in a
timely fashion, there will be a short quiz at the start of the Tuesday lecture during weeks 2, 4, 8,
10, and 13. Quizzes will consist of questions from the assigned homework.

Some policies:

 Tests will not be re-scheduled nor will make-up exams or extra-credit exams be
available. This includes the final exam.

 If you miss a test due to circumstances beyond your reasonable control, notify me as
soon as possible and be prepared to provide supporting documentation. Doctor’s notes
are particularly helpful but please be sure that the note includes a statement the effect
of “… was unable to attend due to illness,” rather than something like “… was in my
office.”

 Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Students should refer to the College
Academic Integrity Policy for complete details of what constitutes academic dishonesty,
and the consequences for such behaviour.
 Tentative Lecture Schedule and Practice Questions

Week Date Section Topic Homework Questions

Sept 5 1.1 Systems of Linear Equations 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 18, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31
1
Sept 7 1.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 16, 19, 23, 25, 29
Sept 12 1.3 Vector Equations 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 19, 25, 33, 34
2 1.4 The Matrix Equation 𝐴𝒙 = 𝒃 3, 7, 9, 14, 15, 17, 27, 33
Sept 14
1.5 Solution Sets of Linear Systems 5, 7, 13, 17, 29, 30, 39, 40
1.7 Linear Independence 1, 11, 17, 19, 22, 27, 31
Sept 19
3 1.8 Introduction to Linear Transformations 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 19, 20, 31
Sept 21 1.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation 2, 4, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30
Sept 26 2.1 Matrix Operations 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 23, 24, 26, 27
4 2.2 The Inverse of a Matrix 1, 5, 8, 11, 13, 30, 31, 35
Sept 28
2.3 Characterizations of Invertible Matrices 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 27, 28
2.8 Subspaces of ℝ𝑛 2, 5, 7, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24
Oct 3
2.9 Dimension and Rank 1, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 25, 27
5
6.1 Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality 2, 5, 7, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29
Oct 5
Cross Products (Handout), Lines & Planes
Oct 10 Test #1
6 3.1 Introduction to Determinants 3, 8, 15, 19, 20, 21, 33, 35, 36
Oct 12
3.2 Properties of Determinants 1, 4, 5, 8, 21, 24, 29, 31, 32,33
3.3 Cramer’s Rule, Volume, and Linear 1, 2, 11, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25
Oct 17
7 Transformations
Oct 19 4.1 Vector Spaces and Subspaces 3, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 12, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32
4.2 Null spaces, Column Spaces, and Linear 7, 9, 15, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Oct 24
Transformations
8
4.3 Linearly Independent Sets; Bases 1, 5, 11, 13, 19, 22, 25, 31, 32, 34
Oct 26
4.4 Coordinate Systems 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 27
4.5 The Dimension of a Vector Space 3, 5, 8, 11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31, 32
Oct 31
9 4.6 Rank 3, 5, 11, 20, 32
Nov 2 4.7 Change of Basis 1, 7, 9, 12, 15, 20a
5.1 Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues 6, 7, 10, 15, 21 ,31, 33
Nov 7
10 5.2 The Characteristic Equation 3, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 24, 27
Nov 9 5.3 Diagonalization 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 22, 24, 25, 28
Nov 14 Test #2
11
Nov 16 6.2 Orthogonal Sets 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32
6.3 Orthogonal Projections 1, 5, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22
Nov 21
6.4 The Gram-Schmidt Process 3, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20
12
6.5 Least-Squares Problems 3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 19, 20, 21
Nov 23
6.6 Applications to Linear Models 1, 15, 16
Nov 28 6.7 Inner Product Spaces 3, 7, 14, 16, 19, 20
13
Nov 30 6.7 Inner Product Spaces (continued) 21, 23, 25, 26
Date TBD Final Exam