Math 104.01 (Linear Algebra)

Spring 1997

Plan for Week 14

In our last full week of the semester, we continue our emphasis on orthogonality as we study least-squares fits of model functions to data. The last topic is fitting (no pun intended) as the end of the course since it brings to bear all the machinery of Chapter 6 to solve a problem that is encountered in many different courses in mathematics, statistics, science, engineering, and social science.

To see the syllabus for Week 14 in a separate window, click here.


Notes:
  1. Your final homework papers will be turned in on Monday, April 26, and they will be returned in the final class meeting on Wednesday, April 28. Those papers should include solutions to all problems in the assignment below. The assignment dates are start dates.
  2. In general, no solution will be given full credit unless you have written an explanation of why you know it is correct. (Exceptions to this rule are the exercises whose numbers appear in parentheses.)
  3. The last subsection of 6.5 (Alternative Calculations) depends on 6.4, which we are omitting.  Thus, you may omit this subsection as well.
  4. The take-home portion of the Final Examination starts on Monday, April 19, and it is due in class on Wednesday, April 28. This part of the exam will consist of a single essay question on a central topic in the course.
  5. The other half of the Final Examination will take place in 205 Physics from 7 to 10 pm on Friday, May 7. The test is open-book and open-technology -- you may use anything you can bring to the classroom. Problems will be designed so that arithmetic can be handled with a calculator. The classroom computer will not be available.

Assignments


David A. Smith <das@math.duke.edu>

Last modified: March 16, 1999