Math 4242, Fall 2018

Homework 1

Due Friday, September 14

The problem set is due at the beginning of class on Friday.

Reading: Syllabus. Text (Olver-Shakiban): Preface (pp. vii-x, xvi, xix); Chapter 1 through Section 1.4. Students' Solution Manual: Preface]

Assigned Problems:

    Section 1.1:    1(a,e), 2
    Section 1.2:    4(a,e), 5(a,c), 7, 11 (A full answer to a True/False exercise is not merely a T or F, but must include a detailed explanation of the reason, e.g., a proof, or a counterexample, or a reference to a result in the text, etc.)
    Section 1.3:    3(a,c), 16(c,d), 20, 21(c), 32(c)
    Section 1.4:    1(a,c,e), 5(c), 14 (An elementary permutation matrix is a matrix obtained from the identity matrix by a single row interchange. A full answer to a True/False exercise is not merely a T or F, but must include a detailed explanation of the reason, e.g., a proof, or a counterexample, or a reference to a result in the text, etc.)

Challenge Problems (for digging deeper into Linear Algebra -- not to be turned in):

    Section 1.2:    12, 19, 31(a, b, c)
    Section 1.3:    7, 8, 12, 26
    Section 1.4:    8

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