MAT 2580 Linear Algebra

Professor Poirier | D760 | Spring 2024

Week 15 checklist

Monday, May 5 to Sunday, May 12

Lesson

  • 5.9. The Coordinates of a Vector Relative to a Basis (part 2: change of basis matrix)
  • 5.10 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation II
    • This video will be helpful for 5.9 and 5.10
    • Notes from Wednesday’s lecture

WeBWorK

All WeBWorK sets are due the evening of Sunday, May 19 (hard deadline)

  • Change of Basis
  • Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
  • The Characteristic Equation

OpenLab

All late OpenLab assignments due Sunday, May 19 (hard deadline)

Other

  • Final exam: Wednesday, May 22; all other coursework due by Sunday, May 19
  • Estimate your overall grade here
  • Last day to withdraw from the course: Wednesday, May 15
  • Student evaluations of teaching (due 5/15)
    • Emails with instructions were sent from:
  • You should have received an email from the math department about a “reflection and support” module in WeBWorK. This is separate from your usual WeBWorK homework and will not impact your overall WeBWorK score, though it’s there to help you with the course material. When you click the link in the email and log in with the information yo were sent, it will take you to a separate WeBWorK section with three sets. Complete each of the three sets for five extra participation points (you’ll get the five extra points only if you complete all three sets).
    • The timeline for the different part of the module is as follows. As long as the activities are open, you can take as much time as you need to answer the questions. However, for Activity Demo and Activity, you have only one attempt to submit your work. To submit your work, you need to click on Grade Test after working on all problems.
      • MAT2580-Reflection and Support (due 4/29)
      • MAT2580-Activity-Demo (due 5/13)
      • MAT2580-Activity (opens 4/29, due 5/13)

Final exam review assignment

Part 1 Post due Sunday, May 12

Part 2 Comment due Sunday, May 19

Part 1

Post due Sunday, May 12

The final exam will cover all topics that we covered this semester. The format will be the same as the format of your term tests.

For Part 1 of the review assignment, you will make up your own final exam. Choose questions WeBWorK or from the textbook homework exercises. You may also look at your term tests.

Share your final exam as a post on the OpenLab. You can upload a photo of your hand-written set of questions or share a link to a Dropbox/Google Drive/etc where you have uploaded a photo.

  • Title: Practice Final Exam
  • Category: Practice Final Exam

Part 2

Comment due Sunday, May 19

Set a timer for 1 hour 15 minutes and put your phone away. Take out your calculator and some pieces of blank paper. Take one of your classmate’s practice finals as if it were the actual final exam. When the timer goes off, stop writing.

Upload a photo of your hand-written work the OpenLab media library/ Dropbox/Google Drive/etc and then copy-paste the link into a comment on your classmate’s post.

(You should actually give yourself several of your classmates’ practice exams to prepare for May 22! Taking practice exams will show you which topics you’re ready for and which ones you’ll need to practice more. Take a look through your classmates’ solutions as well.)

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