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Information for students in MATH 1300 (A02) Winter 2016

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Comments on the exercises, Eigenvalues/Eigenvectors
Caution: There are many references in the material of these two sections to topics that we have not covered: vector spaces, subspaces, nullspaces, rank of a matrix, amongst others.
  1. (Section 5.1)
    1-4: computational exercises checking the defintion. 5-12, 15-16 are the 'core material' here. 'Find a basis for the eigenspace' means 'find the general solution to (tI-A)x=0, where t is an eigenvalue. Omit 17/18. 19-22 are very good exercises in visuallizing the meaning of eigenvalues/eigenvectors. You should understand 25! 27 is also good.
    Proof questions:28, 29 (first part only), 30, 32, 33,34,35
    Make sure that you know and understand all the answers to the True/False questions.
    Focus questions: 6, 10, 12, 20, 22, 25, 33, 35.
  2. (Section 5.2)
    1-4. 5-10 are core material. 11-14 are important. 15/16. 17/18. 25/26
    Proofs: 36,37,38, definitely not 41.
    Make sure that you know and understand the answers to the True/False questions. b/g use terminology beyond the scope of the course.
    Focus questions: 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 25/26, 37

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