====== Preliminary semester plan, for TMA4110 - Calculus 3, fall 2012 ====== This plan is tentative and can (and probably will) be changed during the semester. ^Week^Subjects^References| | 34| Complex numbers|Adams AI| | 35| The complex exponential function. Second-order equations. | Adams AII, Polking 4.1| | 36| Linear homogeneous equations with constant coefficients. Harmonic motion. Inhomogeneous equations, the method of undetermined coefficients| Polking 4.3-4.5| | 37| Variation of parameters. Forced harmonic motion. Systems of linear equation. Row reduction and echelon forms| Polking 4.6-4.7, Lay 1.1-1.2| | 38| Vector equations. The Matrix equation Ax=b. Solution sets of linear systems. Applications of linear systems. | Lay 1.3-1.6| | 39| Linear Independence. Linear transformations. Matrices of linear transformations. Linear models| Lay 1.7-1.10| | 40| Matrix operations. Inverse matrices| Lay 2.1-2.3| | 41| Determinants. Cramer's rule| Lay 3.1-3.3| | 42| Vector spaces and subspaces. Null spaces, column spaces and linear transformations. Linear independents sets and bases |Lay 4.1-4.3 | | 43| Coordinate systems. Dimensions and ranks, Applications to Markov chains | Lay 4.4-4.6, 4.9| | 44| Eigenvectors and eigenvalues. The characteristic equation. Diagonalization. Complex eigenvalues | Lay 5.1-5.3, 5.5 | | 45| Systems of linear differential equations. Inner product, length and orthogonality| Polking 4.2, Lay 5.7, 6.1-6.2| | 46| Orthogonal projections. The Gram-Schmidt process. Least-square problems. Applications to linear models. | Lay 6.3-6.6| | 47| Diagonalization of symmetric matrices. Quadratic forms. Exam from August 2012.|Lay 7.1-7.2 |