Policies:
- You may bring a 4''x6'' index card with anything you want written on both sides. You may not modify the card.
- No calculators.
- Work in pen.
- Sections 2.1-2.6
- Sections 3.1, 3.2
- Sections 4.2-4.7, 4.9
- Sections 5.1, 5.5-5.9, 5.11
- Sections 6.1-6.5, 6.7, 6.9
- Sections 7.1-7.5, 7.9
Office hours:
- Thursday, 12/10, 3:15-4:30
- Friday, 12/11, 1:15-2:45
- Wednesday, 12/16, 10:30-12, 1-5
Questions from the second midterm
Solutions to the second midterm
Additional solutions for the make-up midterm
The second midterm was Thursday, October 29th, from 6:00-7:30 in the Auditorium in Claire Fagin Hall. Policies:
- You may bring a 4''x6'' index card with anything you want written on both sides. You may not modify the card.
- No calculators.
- Work in pen.
- Sections 4.4-4.9
- Section 5.1 and some definitions from 5.3 and 5.4
- Sections 5.5-5.9 and 5.11
- The textbook has lots of great practice problems. Many of the odd ones have solutions in the back.
- Don't forget to go through some of the true/false questions, which are really important for checking your understanding. Solutions will be posted. Here are solutions.
- I've gathered some additional practice problems. Here are solutions.
- I've gathered yet more practice problems organized like an exam for those who really want something more like a practice exam. (Please don't take this too literally---this isn't a previously used exam, and isn't put together as carefully as an actual exam.) Here are solutions.
- An example of finding Jordan Canonical Form
Questions from the first midterm
Solutions to the first midterm
Solutions to the make-up exam
The first midterm was Thursday, September 24th, from 6:00-7:30 in the Auditorium in Claire Fagin Hall. The exam will cover:
- Sections 2.1-2.6
- Sections 3.1 and 3.2
- Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4
- The textbook has lots of great practice problems. Many of the odd ones have solutions in the back.
- Don't forget to go through some of the true/false questions, which are really important for checking your understanding. Here are solutions.
- I've gathered some additional practice problems. Here are solutions.
- A few more practice problems, with solutions, that we didn't get to during lecture