Basic course data:

M251 -- Matrix Algebra, Fall 2013,
Instructor: Jochen Denzler
MWF 12:20-1:10, Ayres 120

Textbook: Elementary Linear Algebra by Howard Anton
[As I make up my own homework, you could get along with an older edition as well]

Syllabus (pdf file)

Final exam scheduled by university policy as a function of the meeting time of the course:
For this class, it is: Tue, Dec 10, 12:30-2:30

Class Diary

Supplementary course material

Here is a glossary with the basic facts and definitions. Note that it sometimes looks ahead, presenting things as they fit together eventually, rather than in the piecemeal way you are learning them:
M251 Glossary: pdf file
(Up to page 14 handed out to class at the beginning; up to page 24 on Aug 26; rest will be handed out later in the semester.)

A brief and simple clarification concerning coordinates of *points* vs coordinates of *vectors* (and the role of a coordinate origin):
Point vs Vector: pdf file

Homework collected here:

Solutions to homework that has already been graded can be found here. (Expect links to pending hwk to be dead)

Homework for Chapter 1: pdf file
Homework for Chapter 3: pdf file (I haven't updated the header from a previous year yet; no reason to worry)
Homework for Chapter 2: pdf file (I haven't updated the header from a previous year yet; no reason to worry)
Homework for Chapter 4.9-11 (matrix transformations): pdf file
Sample page for homework 1-6 on matrix transformations -- Use a copy of this one for each problem.
Homework for Chapter 4.1-8 (abstract vector spaces, formerly Ch.5): pdf file
more to come