Math 206 HWK #2 Do for Monday February 4 Due Thursday February 7

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Reading

• Continue studying Section 1.2 as need be.
• Read Section 1.3.
• Some terminology from 1.3 that you should become familiar with:
  • square matrix (p25)
  • main diagonal of a square matrix
  • what it means for two matrices to be equal
  • sum and difference of two matrices (and when defined)
  • scalar multiple of a matrix
  • product of two matrices (and when defined)
  • matrix form for a linear system
  • transpose of a matrix (and the notation for it)
  • trace of a square matrix (and the notation for it)

Problems

• 1.3 p33: 1, 2, 3aek, 4af, 7a, 11, 13a, 14b, 21b

• Alexia Sontag, Mathematics
• Wellesley College
• Date Created: January 4, 2001
• Last Modified: January 28, 2002
• Expires: June 30, 2002