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Homework assignments:
Note that late HW is not accepted!

Graded HW assignments:

HW1 (due Wed 9/12) (last update: Sept 6, 5:30pm)

HW2 (due Wed 10/10)
Note: For problem 1, read up on the Gauss-Jordan elimination method in section 9.2 to solve linear equations, or read this text file. Although there the examples involve only real coefficients and unknowns, the method works equally well if they are complex numbers.

HW3 (due Fr 11/9)

Extra Credit Problem (due anytime before 12/1)

HW4 (due Mon 12/3).

Practice exams: practice1 (answers 1), practice2, practice3, practice4 .

Weekly ungraded HW assignments (not collected):
Wk 1 (ends Fr 8/24): .

Wk 2 (ends Fr 8/31): Do all problems in the lecture notes that are scattered throughout the text.

Wk 3 (ends Fr 9/7): Finish problems in lecture notes; 9.4: 13, 16, 23 (only first part), 9.5: 19,20 .

Wk 4 (ends Fr 9/14): 9.5:11,13,32,42, 9.6: 2,13,9.7: 11,15,21b.

Wk 5 (ends Fr 9/21): .Let Exp[tA] be given. Find the matrix A.9.8:10 (also find the matrix exponential by the method discussed in class, using diagonalization). Read section 12.1

Wk 6 (ends Fr 9/28): 12.2: 1,3,5,7,9,21, 12.3: 3,5,7,12.

Wk 7 (ends Fr 10/5): 12.3: 17, 12.5: 3,5,7,9,15, 12.6: 1.

Wk 8 (ends Fr 10/12): 12.6: 3,4,13,15,18.

Wk 9 (ends Fr 10/19): no HW.

Wk 10 (ends Fr 10/26): What is the region of convergence of sum_{n=1}^infinity x^{n^2}. 8.2: 5, 8f, 13, 17, 30, 36; 8.3: 5,7,11, 20,32, 8.5:15, 8.6:2,7,21,27.

Wk 11 (ends Fr 11/2):8.7:7,8,10,11,15,21.

Wk 12 (ends Fr 11/9): no HW.

Wk 13 (ends Fr 11/16): 8.8: 37,38,39, read sec 11.1, 11.2: p 667: verify periodic boundary conditions problem, 14, 16,27.

Wk 14 (ends Fr 11/23):11.3: 4,5,6,9,10,16 .

Wk 15 (ends Fr 11/30): 11.4: 1,3,6,8,11,16,18,21,26.

Wk 16: Last Class and Exam IV on Wed 12/5.

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