The following calendar is tentative. Changes will be conveniently announced in the webpage.
| Date | Topics | Reading | Tests & Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1st wk) Sep 21 | Syllabus and intro | Chap. 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 | |
| (2nd wk) Sep 26 | Matrix operations | Chap. 3.2, 3.3 | |
| Sep 28 | Chap. 3.4, 3.5 | ||
| (3rd wk) Oct 3 | Determinants | Chap. 3.6 | Hmwk #1 due |
| Oct 5 | Vector spaces | Chap. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | Lab assign #1 due |
| (4th wk) Oct 10 | Chap. 4.4, 4.6 | Hmwk #2 due | |
| Oct 12 | Eigenvalues & eigenvectors | Chap. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 | |
| (5th wk) Oct 17 | First-order diff. equations | Chap. 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 | Hmwk #3 due |
| Oct 19 | Chap. 1.5, 1.6 | Lab assign #2 due | |
| (6th wk) Oct 24 | Review | Hmwk #4 due | |
| End Part I | |||
| Midterm | Thursday, October 26 (in class) | ||
| (7th wk) Oct 31 | High-order linear diff. equations | Chap. 5.1, 5.2 | |
| Nov 2 | Chap. 5.3, 5.4 | ||
| (8th wk) Nov 7 | Chap. 5.5, 5.6 | Hmwk #5 due | |
| Nov 9 | Linear systems of diff. equations | Chap. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 | Lab assign #3 due |
| (9th wk) Nov 14 | Chap. 7.5 | ||
| Nov 16 | Matrix exp. methods | Chap 8.1, 8.2 | Hmwk #6 due |
| (10th wk) Nov 21 | Laplace Transform | Chap 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 | Lab assign #4 |
| Nov 23 | No class | Thanksgiving holiday |  due on 11/27
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| (11th wk) Nov 28 | Chap. 10.4, 10.5 | Hmwk #7 due | |
| Nov 30 | Review | Hmwk #8 due | |
| End Part II | |||
| Final | Monday, December 4 | ||
| 12:00pm - 3:00pm | |||
Read the sections to be covered in lecture before you come to class. Reading material will be assumed known during the following lecture.
The material that you have learned in previous calculus courses (e.g., Math11A&B, MATH19A&B) will be frequently used in this class, and it is of course assumed you have mastered it. In particular, basic knowledge on continuity, derivatives, polynomial factorization, first-order differential equations and integration will appear throughout the course.