MA 305 Course Calendar
The schedule below lists the planned activities for this course. See the course syllabus for additional course information. Typos are possible. You are responsible for tracking university closures, final exam schedules, etc. through the NC State University Academic Calendar.
Due dates for assignments should be confirmed through Moodle. Always check the assignments themselves for specific dates. These due dates are tentative based on the start of the semester; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.
Week 1 (Monday, January 12 - Friday, January 16)
Systems of linear equations
Assignments
- Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Monday, January 12)
- WebWork HW 0 (Friday, January 16)
Week 2 (Monday, January 19 - Friday, January 23)
Systems of linear equations, matrices
Assignments
- WebWork HW 1 (Friday, January 23)
Important Dates
- Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Week 3 (Monday, January 26 - Friday, January 30)
Determinants, matrix factorizations
Assignments
- WebWork HW 2 (Friday, January 30)
Week 4 (Monday, February 2 - Friday, February 6)
Elementary matrices, LU factorization
📝 Midterm 1: Monday, February 2 -- Wednesday, February 4
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 5 (Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13)
PA=LU factorization, Euclidean vector spaces
Assignments
- WebWork HW 3 (Friday, February 13)
Week 6 (Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20)
Euclidean vector spaces
Assignments
- WebWork HW 4 (Friday, February 20)
Week 7 (Monday, February 23 - Friday, February 27)
Euclidean vector spaces
Assignments
- WebWork HW 5 (Friday, February 27)
Week 8 (Monday, March 2 - Friday, March 6)
Euclidean vector spaces
📝 Midterm 2: Monday, March 2 -- Wednesday, March 4
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 9 (Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13)
Linear transformations
Assignments
- WebWork HW 6 (Friday, March 13)
Week 10 (Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20)
Important Dates
- Monday, March 16 -- Friday, March 20: Spring Break 🌸
Week 11 (Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27)
Linear transformations
Assignments
- WebWork HW 7 (Friday, March 27)
Week 12 (Monday, March 30 - Friday, April 3)
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Assignments
- WebWork HW 8 (Friday, April 3)
Week 13 (Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10)
Geometry of eigenvectors, applications of eigentheory
Assignments
- WebWork HW 9 (Friday, April 10)
Week 14 (Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17)
Inner product spaces
📝 Midterm 3: Monday, April 13 -- Wednesday, April 15
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.
Week 15 (Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24)
Inner product spaces, least squares problems
Assignments
- WebWork HW 10 (Friday, April 24)
Week 16 (Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1)
Diagonalizations of symmetric matrices
Assignments
- Final Exam Opens (Thursday, April 30)
Week 17 (Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8)
Assignments
- Final Exam Closes (Tuesday, May 5)