Math 285 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, Spring 2012
Andrew Koines
Professor Department of Mathematics
Orange Coast College

Schedule

Week 1 Tuesday, January 31, 2012
  • 1.1 How Differential Equations Arise HW #1.1 #1-14
  • 1.2 Basic Ideas and Terminology HW #1.2 #1-22
  • 1.3 The Geometry of First-Order Differential Equations HW #17-24
  • MIT Related Video
  • Related Mathlet
Thursday, February 02, 2012
  • §1.4 Separable Equations
  • Homework §1.4 #1-15 odd
  • §1.6 Linear Equations
  • Homework §1.6 #1-17 odd
  • §1.7 Mixing Problems
  • Homework §1.7 #1-5

Week 2 Tuesday, February 07, 2012
  • §1.8 Change of Variables
  • Homework §1.8 #1-21 odd, 37-51 odd
  • §1.9 Exact Equations
  • Homework §1.9 #1-15 odd
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Week 3 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Thursday, February 16, 2012
  • Chapter 1 Test

Week 4 Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  • §2.3 Terminology for Systems of Linear Equations
  • §2.4 Elementary Row Operations on Matrices
Thursday, February 23, 2012
  • §2.5 Gaussian Elimination
  • §2.6 The Inverse of a Square Matrix

Week 5 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Thursday, March 01, 2012
  • Chapter 3 Determinants
  • Homework for Determinants: §3.2 \#1-19, §3.3 \#1-10, 41-43

Week 6 Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Thursday, March 08, 2012
  • Test Chapters 2 and 3

Week 7 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Thursday, March 15, 2012

Week 8 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Thursday, March 22, 2012

SPRING BREAK Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Thursday, March 29, 2012

Week 9 Tuesday, April 03, 2012
  • §4.9 The Rank-Nullity Theorem
  • §4.10 The Invertible Matrix Theorem II
  • §4.11 Inner Product Spaces
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Week 10 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Thursday, April 12, 2012
  • Chapter 4 Test

Week 11 Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Thursday, April 19, 2012

Week 12 Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Thursday, April 26, 2012

Week 13 Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Thursday, May 03, 2012

Week 14 Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Thursday, May 10, 2012

Week 15 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Thursday, May 17, 2012

Week 16 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Thursday, May 24, 2012
  • Final Exam §5.9, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1-7.4, 7.8