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 24 | Overview and 1.1, Systems of linear equations | 1.1 Slides | |||
| W Aug 26 | 1.1 (continued) and 1.2, Row reduction | 1.2 Slides | |||
| F Aug 28 | Studio: 1.1 and 1.2 | Worksheet (solutions) |
Warmup | No quiz | |
| M Aug 31 | 1.2 (continued) and 1.3, Parametric form | More 1.2 and 1.3 Slides | |||
| W Sep 2 | 1.3 (continued) and 2.1 and 2.2: Vectors, vector equations, and spans | 2.1+2.2 Slides | 1.1 | ||
| F Sep 4 | Studio: 1.2 and 1.3 |
1.2-1.3 Worksheet (solutions) 1.2-1.3 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 1: Syllabus | ||
| M Sep 7 | Labor Day, No Class | ||||
| W Sep 9 | 2.1 and 2.2, continued | 1.2 and 1.3 | |||
| F Sep 11 | Studio: 2.1, 2.2 |
2.1-2.2 Worksheet (solutions) 2.1-2.2 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 2: 1.1-1.3 | ||
| M Sep 14 | 2.3, Matrix equations | 2.3 Slides | |||
| W Sep 16 | 2.4, Solution sets and 2.5, Linear independence | 2.4 Slides | 2.1+2.2 | ||
| F Sep 18 | Studio: 2.3-2.4 |
2.3-2.4 Worksheet
(solutions) 2.3-2.4 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 3: 2.1-2.2 | ||
| M Sep 21 | 2.5, Linear independence (continued) | 2.5 Slides | |||
| W Sep 23 | 2.6, Subspaces | 2.6 Slides | 2.3 and 2.4 (due Thu Sep 24) |
Midterm 1: through 2.4
Version A solutions Version B solutions |
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| F Sep 25 | NO STUDIO | NO QUIZ | |||
| M Sep 28 | 2.7 and 2.9: Basis, dimension, Rank and basis theorems | 2.7+2.9 Slides | |||
| W Sep 30 | 3.1, Matrix transformations | 3.1 Slides | 2.5 and 2.6 | ||
| F Oct 2 | Studio: 2.5-3.1 |
2.5-3.1 Worksheet
(solutions) 2.5-3.1 Supplement (solutions) |
NO QUIZ | ||
| M Oct 5 | Fall Break, No Class | ||||
| W Oct 7 | 3.2, One-to-one and onto transformations | 3.2 Slides | 2.7+2.9, 3.1 | ||
| F Oct 9 | Studio: 3.2-3.3 |
3.2-3.3 Worksheet (solutions) 3.2-3.3 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 4: 2.5-3.1 | ||
| M Oct 12 | 3.3, Linear transformations | 3.3 Slides | |||
| W Oct 14 | 3.4 and 3.5: Matrix multiplication and inverses | 3.4 Slides | 3.2 and 3.3 | ||
| F Oct 16 | Studio: 3.4 |
3.4 Worksheet (solutions) 3.4-3.6 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 5: 3.2 and 3.3 | ||
| M Oct 19 | 3.5 (continued) and 3.6, The Invertible Matrix Theorem | 3.5+3.6 Slides | |||
| W Oct 21 | Review | 3.4 (due Thu Oct 22) |
Midterm 2: 2.5 through 3.4 Version A solutions Version B solutions |
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| F Oct 23 | NO STUDIO | 3.5-3.6 Supplement (solutions) | NO QUIZ | ||
| M Oct 26 | 4.1 and 4.3, Determinants and Volumes | 4.1 and 4.3 Slides | |||
| W Oct 28 | 4.2: Cofactor expansions | 4.2 Slides | 3.5+3.6 | ||
| F Oct 30 | Studio: 3.6 and Chapter 4 | 3.5-4.3 Worksheet
(solutions) 4.1-4.3 Supplement (solutions) |
NO QUIZ | Withdrawal Deadline, Oct. 31 | |
| M Nov 2 | 5.1, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors | 5.1 Slides | |||
| W Nov 4 | 5.1 (continued) and 5.2, The characteristic polynomial | 5.2 Slides | Det. I and II | ||
| F Nov 6 | Studio: 5.1 and 5.2 |
4.1-5.1
Worksheet (solutions) 5.1-5.2 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 6: 3.5-3.6 and Ch. 4 | ||
| M Nov 9 | 5.4, Diagonalization | 5.4 Slides | |||
| W Nov 11 | 5.4 (continued) and 5.5, Complex eigenvalues | 5.4 (continued) and 5.5 Slides | 5.1 and 5.2 | ||
| F Nov 13 | Studio: 5.4-5.5 |
5.2-5.4
Worksheet (solutions) 5.4-5.5 Supplement (solutions) |
Quiz 7: 5.1 and 5.2 | ||
| M Nov 16 | 5.6, Stochastic matrices | 5.6 Slides | |||
| W Nov 18 | 6.1, Dot products and orthogonality | 6.1 Slides | 5.4 and 5.5 (due Thu Nov 19) |
Midterm 3: 3.5 through 5.5
Version A solutions Version B solutions |
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| F Nov 20 | NO STUDIO | NO QUIZ | |||
| M Nov 23 |
6.2: Orthogonal complements;
Intro to 6.3: Orthogonal Projections |
6.2 and beginning of 6.3 Slides | |||
| W Nov 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday, No Class | ||||
| F Nov 27 | Thanksgiving Holiday, No Studio | ||||
| M Nov 30 | 6.3: Orthogonal projections | 6.3 (continued) Slides | |||
| W Dec 2 | 6.5, Least squares | 6.5 Slides | 5.6, 6.1, and 6.2 | ||
| F Dec 4 | Studio: 5.6 and Chapter 6 |
6.1-6.3 Worksheet
(solutions)
6.1-6.5 Supplement (solutions) |
NO QUIZ | ||
| M Dec 7 | Final exam review |
Studypalooza Problems
(solutions) Extra Final Practice (solutions) S'26 Version A solutions, Final Exam S'26 Version B solutions, Final Exam |
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| Tue Dec 15 | Final Exam for ALL SECTIONS of Math 1553: Tuesday, December 15 from 6:00pm–8:50pm | ||||