Math 104.01
Plan for Week 1
Week 1 (September 3-5). This really covers only class on Wednesday, September 3 and lab on Friday, September 5.
We begin the course by looking at simple linear systems of equations and experimenting with Maple.
Assignment for Friday, September 5
- Read Section 1.1 in the text and be sure you understand the notions of "consistent," "inconsistent," "coefficient matrix," "augmented matrix," and "elementary row operations." You will experiment with these ideas in the lab activity on Friday.
- Start on the assignment for Monday.
Assignment for Monday, September 8
Write out and turn in solutions to the following exercises in Section 1.1:
- 2, 3,
- 9, 10, 11
- 13, 15
- 21
- 29, 30
- 33, 34
Read through Section 1.2. Homework on this will be assigned for Wednesday.
Lawrence C. Moore < lang@math.duke.edu>
Last modified: September 3, 1997