Math 601-602 — Test 1 Review

General Information  Test 1 will be on Wednesday, 3/4/09. Please bring an 8½×11 bluebook.

Extra office hours  I will have extra office hours on Tuesday, from 9:30 to noon.

Material covered You are responsible for everything in the summary through February 27; this includes the following:

Structure. There will be 4 to 6 questions, some with multiple parts. The problems will be similar to ones done for homework, as examples in class, or in my notes. In addition, be able to prove the representation theorem.

Notation. You should know the notation that we have have used for row reduction, matrices, rank, determinants, linear transformations, and so on.

Calculators. You may use calculators to do arithmetic, although you will not need them. You may not use any calculator that has the capability of doing linear algebra or storing programs or other material.

Other devices. You may not use cell phones, computers, or any other device capable or storing, sending, or receiving information.

Updated 2/27/09