Math 2270

Syllabus

Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3 in JWB 302


A reference for tropical math!



Homework (Unless otherwise noted, all Homework is from Lang's book.)

Problem Set 1 (Due Monday, January 13).
Chapter 1, Section 1. #1-5,8,9.
Chapter 1, Section 2. #1,3,4.

Problem Set 2 (Due Wednesday, January 22).
Chapter 1, Section 2. #5a,d,f,h, 6, 10
Chapter 2, Section 1 (Matrices). #1,3,5,10.
Chapter 2, Section 1 (Dimension). #1,2,4,6.

Problem Set 3 (Due Wednesday, January 29).
Chapter 2, Section 2. #1,2.
Chapter 2, Section 3. #1,2,3b,5,7,8,11b,13,15,32.

Problem Set 4 (Due Wednesday, February 12).
Chapter 5, Section 1. #1-3.
Chapter 5, Section 2. #1-5.

Problem Set 5 (Due Wednesday, February 26).
Chapter 4, Section 3. #1,2,8.

Problem Set 6 (Due Wednesday, March 5).
Chapter 6, Section 2. #1,2.
Chapter 6, Section 3. #1a,b, 2a,b, 3,4,5,8,9,

Problem Set 7 (Due Wednesday, March 19).
Chapter 6, Section 4. #1. (Be sure to use Cramer's rule for the determinant practice).
Chapter 6, Section 6. #1,2.
Chapter 6, Section 9. #1-5.

Problem Set 8 (Due Wednesday, April 9).
Chapter 8, Section 5. #2.
Chapter 9, Section 2. #1-3.
Chapter 10, Section 1. #1-7.

Problem Set 9 (Due Wednesday, April 16).
Chapter 11, Section 1. #1.
Chapter 11, Section 2. #1-3.
Chapter 11, Section 4. #2,3.
Chapter 11, Section 6. #2,3,4,7.

First Midterm (Due Feb 3 at the beginning of class)
Second Midterm (Due March 26 at the beginning of class)
Third Midterm (Due April 28 by 5PM)



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