Dr. Sarah's Math 2240 Web Page - Summer 2007

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Date     WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab unless otherwise noted!
June 29 - Fri
  • Meet in 314. Final Project Poster Sessions during class. Be sure that your poster is facing so that it is taller than it is wider and is at most 2 feet wide. Bring your own beverage. If you want to bring something to share, feel free - Dr. Sarah will provide some food.
  • Test 3 revisions due.
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    June 28 - Thur
  • Meet in 314. Final project abstract due by 12:30 pm to the WebCT bulletin board forum for you and Dr. Sarah (NOT email!) as an attachment that I can read (text, Word, rtf, or Maple)
  • Come prepared to discuss your abstract in class on Thursday.
  • June 27 - Wed
  • Test 3 study guide
  • Test 2 revisions due.
  • June 26 - Tues
  • Final project topic and preliminary list of references due. Your topic needs to be pre-approved since there is a limit to the number of people per topic.
  • June 25 - Mon
  • Problem Set 6 See Problem Set Guidelines and Sample Problem Set Write-Ups
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group of two but each person must complete and turn in Problem 1 themselves (in their own words).
    Problem 1:  7.1   #14 by hand and on Maple via the Eigenvectors(A); command also compare your answers and resolve any apparent conflicts or differences within Maple text comments.
    Problem 2:  Rotation matrices in R2   Recall that the general rotation matrix which rotates vectors in the counterclockwise direction by angle theta is given by
    M:=Matrix([[cos(theta),-sin(theta)],[sin(theta),cos(theta)]]);
      Part A:   Apply the Eigenvalues(M); command. Notice that there are real eigenvalues for certain values of theta only. What are these values of theta and what eigenvalues do they produce? Also find a basis for the corresponding eigenspaces. (Recall that I = the square root of negative one does not exist as a real number and that cos(theta) is less than or equal to 1 always.)
      Part B:   Use only a geometric explanation to explain why most rotation matrices have no eigenvalues or eigenvectors.
    Problem 3-5:  7.2   7, 18, and 24
    Problem 6:  Foxes and Rabbits (Predator-prey model)
    Suppose a system of foxes and rabbits is given as:


      Part A: Write out the Eigenvector decomposition of the iterate x_k, where the foxes F_k are the first component of this state vector, and the rabbits R_k the second.
      Part B: Use the decomposition to explain what will happen to the vector x_k in the longterm, and what kind of vector(s) it will travel along to achieve that longterm behavior.
    Extra Credit: Determine a value of the [2, 2] entry that leads to constant levels of the fox and rabbit populations, so that eventually neither population is changing. What is the ratio of the sizes of the populations in this case?
  • June 22 - Fri
  • Test 2 on Chapters 1-3 and 4. Study suggestions
  • Test 1 revisions due
  • June 21 - Thur
  • Review for test 2 and write down any questions you have.
  • Read over the final project links under the June 29 due date.
  • Work on Test 1 revisions and begin working on Problem Set 6.
  • June 20 - Wed
  • Look at Practice Problem Solutions on WebCT
  • Problem Set 5 - See Problem Set Guidelines and Sample Problem Set Write-Ups Hints and Commands for PS 5
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group.
    Problem 1: 4.4   16
    Problems 2-3: 4.5   24, 48
    Problem 4: Cement Mixing Continued (**ALL IN MAPLE**) This problem is worth more than the others
    Problems 5-6: 4.6   24, 27
  • June 19 - Tues
  • Practice Problems (to turn in)
    4.4   11, 53
    4.5   22
  • Work on Problem Set 5
  • June 18 - Mon
  • Problem Set 4 See Problem Set Guidelines and Sample Problem Set Write-Ups, and Hints and Commands for Problem Set 4
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group. Problems 1-2: 4.1 36 and 44
    Problem 3:  Cement Mixing (*ALL IN MAPLE*) *This problem is worth more than the others.
    Problems 4-7: For all of the following vector space and subspace problems: If it is a vector space or subspace, then just state that it is, but if it is not, then write out the complete proof that one axiom is violated as in class:
    4.2   22
    Natural Numbers   Prove that the natural numbers is not a vector space using axiom 6.
    True or False:   The line x+y=0 is a vector space.
    Solutions to 2x-3y+4z=5, ie {(x,y,z) in R^3 so that 2x-3y+4z=5}   Prove that this is not a subspace of R3 using axiom 1.
    Problem 8: 4.3   (14 part D be sure to leave n as general - do not define it as 2)
  • June 15 - Fri
  • Test 1 on Chapters 1, 2, and 3. study guide
  • June 14 - Thur
  • Practice Problems (to turn in)
    4.1   7, 35, 43, 49, 52,
    4.2   21
  • June 13 - Wed
  • Problem Set 3 See Problem Set Guidelines, Sample Problem Set Write-Ups and Hints and Commands for Problem Set 3
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group of two
    Problem 1: 2.5   24
    Problem 2: Healthy/Sick Workers (all on Maple) *This problem is worth more than the others.
    Problem 3: 3.1   47 a
    Problem 4: 3.2   32 c
    Problem 5-7: 3.3   (28 by-hand and on Maple), (34 if a unique solution to Sx=b exists, find it by using the method x=S^(-1) b), and (50 a and c)
  • June 12 - Tues
  • Practice Problems (to turn in). Do not worry about getting the same answer as the back of the book (although it would be nice!) but do concentrate instead on making sure you understand the determinant methods. Do not worry about explaining your work.
    2.5   10 set-up the stochastic matrix and calculate month 1 only.
    3.1   33 by-hand using the co-factor expansion method.
    3.2   25 by-hand using some combination of row operations and the co-factor exapansion method.
    3.3   31
  • Work on PS 3
  • June 11 - Mon
  • Problem Set 2 - See Maple Commands and Hints for PS 2, Problem Set Guidelines and Sample Problem Set Write-Ups
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group of two but each person must complete and turn in Problem 5 themselves (in their own words).
    Problem 1: 2.1   30
    Problem 2: 2.2   (34 parts a, b and c)
    Problem 3: Show that the following statements about matrices are false by producing counterexamples and showing work:
          Statement a) A2=0 implies that A = 0
          Statement b) A2=I implies that A=I or A=-I
          Statement c) A2 has entries that are all greater than or equal to 0.
    Problems 4-7: 2.3   12, (14 by hand and on Maple), (28 part a - look at the matrix system as Ax=b and then apply the inverse method of solution), and     (40 part d)
  • June 8 - Fri
  • Practice Problems (to turn in). Do not worry about getting the same answer as the back of the book (although it would be nice!) but do concentrate instead on making sure you understand the methods. Do not worry about explaining your work.
    2.1   (7 use matrix algebra and equality to obtain a system of 4 equations in the 3 unknowns and then solve), (by-hand: 9, 11, 15, 32)
    2.2   17, 18, (35 use matrix algebra to combine the elements, set it equal to the other side, use matrix equality to obtain equations, and solve.)
  • Work on Problem Set 2
  • June 7 - Thur
  • Read through Sample Problem Set Write-Ups
  • Problem Set 1 - See Problem Set Guidelines, Sample Problem Set Write-Ups, and Problem Set 1 Maple Commands and Hints. I also encourage you to ask me questions about anything you don't understand in office hours or on the WebCT bulletin board. Your explanations must distinguish your work as your own.
    Note: You may work with one other person and turn in one per group of two but each person must complete and turn in Problem 3 themselves (in their own words).
    Problems 1-2: 1.1 60 b and c, 74,
    Problems 3-5: 1.2   (30 by hand and also on Maple), 32, (44 find all values of k and justify),
    Problems 6-7: 1.3   24 a and b, 26
  • June 6 - Wed
  • Compare your 1.1 practice problems with solutions on WebCT. A similar style of explanation is necessary for problem set 1 but not for practice problems.
  • Do these by-hand since you need to get efficient at the by-hand method Show work and be prepared to turn this in and/or present but no need to write in complete sentences.
    1.2   15, 25, 27, (43 find all the values of k and justify why these are all of them), and 49. Do not worry about getting the same answer as the back of the book (although it would be nice!) but do concentrate instead on making sure you understand the method of Gaussian Elimination.
  • Read through Problem Set Guidelines and Problem Set 1 Maple Commands and Hints Continue working on problem set 1 under the due date of 6/7.
  • June 5 - Tues
  • Read through the online syllabus (you can search google for Dr. Sarah and click on the course page from there) carefully and write down any questions you have - the university considers this a binding contract between us.
  • The answers to odd problems are in the back of the book and there is a student solution manual in mathlab (M-Th, 2-5)
    1.1   7, 15, 19, (59 parts b and c - if it is false, provide a counterexample), and 73.
  • Begin working on problem set 1 under the due date of Thur June 7.