Summer 2005

Harvard Summer School
Mathematics S-21b – Summer 2005
Linear Algebra and
Differential Equations

Instructor:
Robert Winters
rwinters@math.harvard.edu
Office: SciCtr 333i (may change)

Current Class List
[registered students]

Student Solutions Manual
PDF for each chapter
(odd-numbered problems)

Course Textbook 
Linear Algebra with Applications, 3rd Edition, by Otto Bretscher,  published for 2005 by Prentice Hall. The ISBN for the text is 0-13-145334-3. It will available at the Harvard Coop bundled with the student solutions manual. It's also available on the web:

It's possible to get by with the previous (2nd) edition, but it may require posting of the assigned problems.

Conversion of the problems in the 3rd Edition to their equivalents in the 2nd Edition. [Some problems in the 3rd Edition are new and have no equivalents in the previous edition of the text.]

Announcements:

Thanks for attending my course. I had a great time. - RW

The Final Exams have been graded and course grades were submitted on Aug 22.

The mail slot for Math S-21b is located outside Sci Ctr 308. It's about 5 up from the bottom of the rack.

For those who have the 2nd Edition of the Bretscher text:
Conversion of problems in the 3rd Edition to their equivalents in the 2nd Edition.

Math S21b syllabus - Summer 2005 

Printable Syllabus (PDF)

Calendar of topics and assignments 

(adapted from a Gary Larsen cartoon)

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Useful Links:

• Harvard Summer School 
• Harvard Extension School 
• Harvard University Dept. of Mathematics 
• Harvard University 

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Please send comments to Robert Winters.
URL: http://math.harvard.edu/~rwinters/mathS21b
Last modified:  Monday, August 22, 2005