Ciprian Preda

Math 115A

Linear Algebra

Office: MS 5242
Office hours: M 9:00-10:00a.m. and 4:00-5:00 p.m., W 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Midterm#1 :Monday, February 4th, 2:00-2:50p.m., MS 5147 (the usual lecture's room).
Midterm#2 :Wednesday, March 5th, 2:00-2:50p.m., MS 5147 (the usual lecture's room).

email: preda@math.ucla.edu
Textbook: Linear Algebra by S. Friedberg, A. Insel, L. Spence.
Class Information


Practice Midterm (for Midterm #1)

Practice Midterm (for Midterm #2)

Practice Final

Hw#1 assignment:
Section #1.2. - problem 8/page 14 and problems 13, 17, 18/page 15 and problem 19/page 16.
Hw#1 is due on Friday, January the 18th and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#2 assignment:
Section #1.3. - problem 8 (a, b, c, d)/page 20 and 10, 22/page 21.
Section #1.4. - problem 3 (a, b)/page 33.
Section #1.5. - problem 2 (e)/page 41.
Hw#2 is due on Friday, January the 25th and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#3 assignment:
Section #1.4. - problems 5 (a, d, g, h), 14/page 34.
Section #1.5. - problem 1 ( b, d, e)/page 40 and problem 2(e, g)/page 41 and problems 13, 20/page 42.
Hw#3 is due on Friday, February the 1st, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#4 assignment:
Section #1.5. - problems 2 (i), 3, 4, 8(a), 10/page 41 and problem 18/page 42.
Section #1.6. - problems 2 (a), 3 (a), 5/page 54 and problem 9/page 55.
Hw#4 is due on Friday, February the 8th, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#5 assignment:
Section #1.6. - problem 1 (d, e, g, h, j)/page 53-54 and problem 4/page 54 and problem 14/page 55 and problem 30/page 57.
Hw#5 is due on Friday, February the 15th, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#6 assignment:
Section #2.1. - problems 2, 3, 4, 5 (for all these problems you are not required to determine whether T is one-to-one or onto)/page 74
and problem 9/page 75 and problem 18/page 76.
Hw#6 is due on Friday, 22 February, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#7 assignment:
Section #2.1. - problems 10, 11, 14 (a)/page 75 and problems 24, 28/page 76-77.
Section #2.2. - problems 2(a), 3, 4 (a), 5(b)/page 84-85.
Hw#7 is due on Friday, February the 29th, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#8 assignment:
Section #2.2. - problem 5(c, d)/page 85.
Section #2.3. - problems 3, 4, 12/page 97.
Hw#8 is due on Wednesday, March the 12th, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#9 assignment:
Section #5.1. - problem 2(a, d)/page 256 and problem 4(a, d, g, h)/page 257 and problem 8/page 258.
Hw#9 is due on Friday, March the 14th, and it will be collected in the lecture.

Hw#10 assignment:
Section #5.1. - problem 3 (a, c)/page 257 and problems 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20/page 258-260.
Section #5.2. - problems 2(a), 3, 4, 7, 8/page 279-280.