Note: This is a fall or spring schedule. In summer, this schedule is accelerated by 50% in order to accommodate a 10-week session.
Text: MATH 311 Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus at Texas A&M -
Leon & Colley
A = 1st half of book
B = 2nd half of book
Week 1 Linear Systems
Sections A1.1, A1.2.
Week 2 Matrix Algebra, Determinants
Sections A1.3, A1.4, A2.1.
Week 3 Determinants, Review of (Cross Product,
Planes, Coordinates)
Sections A2.2, Review( B1.4, B1.5, B1.7 ).
Week 4 Vector Spaces
Sections A3.1, A3.2, A3.3
Week 5 Bases
Sections A3.4, A3.5, A3.6
Week 6 Change of Basis, Linear Transformations
(Do Exer. A4.1 #20,21; Assign #16,22,24)
Review for exam, Exam1, A4.1.
Week 7 Linear Transformations
Sections A4.1, A4.2, A4.3.
Week 8 Inner Products
Sections A5.1, A5.2, A5.3.
Week 9 Review of (Arclength, Grad, Div, Curl)
, Review of (Multiple Integrals)
Sections Review( B3.1, B3.2, B3.3, B3.4 ),
Review( B5.1, B5.2, B5.3, B5.4 ),
Week 10 Change of Variables
Review for Exam2, Exam2, B5.5.
Week 11 Line Integrals, FTC, Green's Theorem
Sections B6.1, B6.2, B6.3.
Week 12 Parametric Surfaces, Surface Integrals,
Stokes' & Gauss' Theorems
Sections B7.1, B7.2, B7.3.
Week 13 Catch-Up
Thanksgiving falls on this week in the fall.
Week 14 Review for Exam, Exam 3
Week 15 Review for Final.
Last week of class has redefined days. See
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