Assigned Homework for MATH 240 (MWF 12:30-1:20)

The following is a list of homework problems by date assigned.

Mon, Jan. 10	First day of classes	Wed., Jan. 12	Due next Wednesday: Section 1.1 # 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 30, Section 1.2 #2-4	Fri., Jan. 14
Mon, Jan. 17	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No Classes	Wed., Jan. 19	Due next Wednesday: Section 1.2 #8-16 even, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30 In addition: Section 1.3 #1-4, 34 Read section 1.4 Not to turn in (but to do for Monday): the vector proof (I think it was (a))	Fri., Jan. 21
Mon, Jan. 24		Wed., Jan. 26	Read section 1.5 Due next Wednesday: Section 1.3 #8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 25 Section 1.4 # 4,8,12, 16, 18, 20,24, 31, 32 NEW: Section 1.5 #6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 24, 40 Not to turn in (but do for Friday): the proof of the last theorem from today	Fri., Jan. 28
Mon, Jan. 31		Wed., Feb. 2	Read sections 1.7 and 1.8. For Friday, do #5 from the section 1.8 handout. Due next Friday: Section 1.5: #38 (NOTE: the question is asking about UNIQUENESS.) Section 1.7: #6,8, 10, 14 (be careful!), 24, 34, 36, 38 Section 1.8: # 6, 8 (give full explanation), 12, 17, 19, 20, 24, 30 Section 1.9: #2, 18, 19,33 NOT TO HAND IN, BUT MIGHT BE GOOD PRACTICE: section 1.5 #34 section 1.7 #22 section 1.8 #2, 16 section 1.9 #1	Fri., Feb. 4
Mon, Feb. 7		Wed., Feb. 9	Exam I	Fri., Feb. 11	Read sections 1.9 and 2.1 For next Friday: In section 1.9 do: 6, 17, 22, 25, 27, 32, 36 In section 2.1 do: 2, 9, 10, 22, 29, 30 The two proofs from the exam (3b and 4b) ADDED: Section 2.1 do 23, 24 and in section 2.2 do 2,4. (Hint for second part of 23: see section 1.5. Hint for second part of 24: see section 1.4) NOT TO HAND IN, BUT MIGHT BE GOOD PRACTICE: section 1.9 #8, 24 section 2.1 #11, 16
Mon, Feb. 14		Wed., Feb. 16		Fri., Feb. 18	Read sections 2.2 and 2.3. For next WEDNESDAY: Section 2.2 #8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 23, 24 (something in section 1.4 might help here), 31, 32 Section 2.3 # Use the IMT to do all of the following: 4, 8, 14, 16, 18. NOTE: The first few problems just want to know IF A^-1 exists - and NOT to find the inverse! NOT TO HAND IN, BUT MIGHT BE GOOD PRACTICE: section 2.3 # 6
Mon, Feb. 21		Wed., Feb. 23	What I have got so far (will put up more over weekend): section 2.3: #20 (commute means ab=ba), 22, 27, 28 (Use the IMT to do this), 34, 38, 40 section 3.1: #2, 12, 22, 23, 24, 33-36, section 3.2: 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20 NOT TO HAND IN, BUT MIGHT BE GOOD PRACTICE: section 2.3 # 12 section 3.2 #9	Fri., Feb. 25
Mon, Feb. 28		Wed., Mar. 2	Exam II	Fri., Mar. 4	Homework: due next Wed., March 16 If you have not already done so, read sections 3.1 and 3.2. Then read section 4.1. Section 3.2 # 22, 23, 24, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 40 Section 4.1 # 1, 2, 25, 26, 28, 30 NEW: Finish up the cool problem that we did on Monday's class (the one were addition was multiplication and multiplication was powers) - add to the homework due Wednesday.
Mon, Mar. 7	Spring Break	Wed., Mar. 9	Spring Break	Fri., Mar. 11	Spring Break
Mon, Mar. 14	NEW: Finish up the cool problem that we did on Monday's class (the one were addition was multiplication and multiplication was powers) - add to the homework due Wednesday.	Wed., Mar. 16	Due next Wed, March 23: read section 4.2 Fix proof number 3 from exam 2. section 4.1: # 5-8, 21, 22, 33, and the attached handout NEW: Section 4.1 # 12, 16 and section 4.2 #4,6,10 suggested but not required: section 4.1 #10, section 4.2 #2, 8	Fri., Mar. 18
Mon, Mar. 21		Wed., Mar. 23	Homework due next Friday, April 1: read section 4.3 and 4.4 From section 4.2: #16, 18, 22, 24, 30, 31, 33 From section 4.3: #4,6,8,10, 15, 26, 29, 30 NEW: Section 4.4: 1,3,5,7,17	Fri., Mar. 25
Mon, Mar. 28		Wed., Mar. 30	Exam III	Fri., Apr. 1	Due Wed., Apr 6: Read section 4.5 From section 4.4 # 14, 23-26, From section 4.5 # 6, 12, and the attached worksheet Suggested: section 4.4 #10, section 4.5 #2,4 Due Friday, Apr 8: The two proofs from exam 3 (I think they were 4 and 6)
Mon, Apr. 4	Due Friday, Apr 8: The two proofs from exam 3 (I think they were 4 and 6)	Wed., Apr. 6	Due Friday, Apr 8: The two proofs from exam 3 (numbers 4 and 6) Due Wed, Apr. 13: Read sections 4.6 and 4.7 NOTE: The following homework is more PROBLEMS than usual, but less PROOFS than usual - most of the problems should be (relatively) quick. Do the attached worksheet Section 4.5 #14, 22 (hint: theorem 4 should come in handy here), 25, 27 Section 4.6 #2,4,6, 8, 14, 16 Section 4.7 #2, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16 Section 5.1#6, 8, 14	Fri., Apr. 8
Mon, Apr. 11	Last day to withdraw	Wed., Apr. 13	Due Wed, Apr. 27 (yep - two weeks from today). Remember, I will be adding a little more to this homework after class on Friday. Read sections 5.1 and 5.2 In section 5.1 #10, 12, 18, 24, 26, 27, 28 In section 5.2 #4, 11, 16, 20 Here is the solution to the quiz NEW: section 5.2 #19, 23 AND section 5.3 #2,4, 27, 28	Fri., Apr. 15
Mon, Apr. 18	Exam IV (or possibly Wednesday)	Wed., Apr. 20		Fri., Apr. 22	Easter Break
Mon, Apr. 25	Easter Break	Wed., Apr. 27	Fill out course evaluation sheet. Read sections 5.3 and 5.4 Not to hand in: Section 5.3 #5,7,11,15,17,23,24 Not to hand in: Section 5.4 #1-9 odd (I might add more)	Fri., Apr. 29	Last Day of Classes
Mon, May 2	Study Day - No Classes Exam I Exam II Exam III Exam IV quiz 1 quiz 2 quiz 3 quiz 4 quiz 5 and quiz 5a quiz 6 quiz 7 quiz 8	Wed., May 4	Final Exam 1:00-2:50	Fri., May 6

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