The weekly homework assignments will be published on this web page.
1. Homework: Due on Sept. 3rd in class: Problem 1, page 14, problem 4, page 15, problem 3, page 25, problem 3 page 33.2. Homework: Due on Sept. 10th in class: Problem 7 and problem 8, page 33, problem 3 and 5, page 37, problem 5, page 48.
3. Homework. Due on Sept. 24th. 1. Prove that the sum of two subspaces of a vectorspace is a subspace. Also do Problems 3,4,5,6 page 52.
4. Homework. Due on Oct. 1st : problems 1,3 page 68, problems 2,3 page 73, problem 8 page 74.
5. Homework. Due on Oct. 8th :1. Given a set S and a vector space V over a field F, show that the functions from S to V can be given the structure of a vector space over F. When S={1,2,3} and V=F^1 identify this vector space. problems 4,6 page 87, problems 9,10 page 88.
6. Homework: Due on Oct. 29th: Do problems 4,5,7, 8,10, and 13 on pages 129-131. 7. Homework: Due Nov. 5th: For the following problems let V be finite-dimensional real vector space and let B be a symmetric bilinear form on V: Show:1) B is symmetric if and only if M_C(B) is symmetric, where M_C(B) is the Gram matrix of B with respect to C a basis of V.
2) B is nondegenerate if and only if M_C(B) is nonsingular.
3) If B is nondegenerate and W is a subspace of V then dim(W) + dim(W perp) = dim V, where W perp is the subspace of vectors in V that are perpendicular to W.
4) Determine a diagonal matrix D such that the real matrix A = [[2,1,0],[1,2,1],[0,1,2]] is congruent to D.
Do problems 2,3,4 on page 139,140.
8. Homework: Due Nov. 12th: Do problems 2,3,4, and 5 on page 149, 150.
9. Homework: Due Nov. 19th: Do problems 8,9,10, and 11 on page 176. 9. Homework: Due Dec. 6th: Do problems 5,6,7, and 8 on page 201.