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Schedule for Spring 2012- MA 114 Section
601
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students now uses students' NCSU e-mail addresses. So it
is essential that you check your NCSU mail account. See
the General Info page for more
information. All your currently scheduled assignments are
found at WebAssign,
and class news is found at the News Page.
Part 1 -- Matrices (assignments
available January 9)
Videos for Section 1.1
WebAssignments
 Introduction to
matrices and matrix addition (10:15)
Introduction to the
matrix tool (4:09)
Videos for Section 1.2
WebAssignments
Matrix
multiplication (12:06)
Matrix
multiplication using the Matrix Tool (2:20)
Videos for Section 1.3
WebAssignments
Systems of
equations (30:51)
Using the row operation tool to solve a system of
equations (7:55)
Past
Due Assignments and Extensions (2:27)
Videos for Section 1.4
WebAssignments
Matrix Inverses
(17:52)
Finding
an inverse with either tool (1:43)
Using a
matrix inverse to solve a system of equations (2:32)
Summary
of strategy for row operations (3:31)
Why the method
for finding the inverse of a matrix works (6:30)
Don't let
symbols throw you for a loop (2:47)
Videos for Section 1.5
WebAssignments
Modeling
population dynamics with matrices (7:19)
Applying the
matrix tool to population dynamics (2:55)
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Part 2 -- Linear Programming
(assignments available January 19)
Videos for Section 2.1-2.3
WebAssignments
Graphing Linear
Inequalities (15:18)
Setting up
linear programming problems (19:11)
Using
the row operation tool to find corner points (1:14)
Solving
linear programming problems graphically (24:46)
Manufacturing
checkers and chess sets (7:33)
More
applications of linear programming (14:19)
Test on Parts 1 and 2: February 3-9 (See Test Info page)
You can bring
any books or any written or printed notes that you
might find useful. Bring any calculator that you might
want to use. The matrix tools listed on the class web
site may be used in any way that you wish. Laptop computers and other electronic devices are allowed in the test room only when they operate in battery mode. You are NOT allowed to plug any device into an electrical outlet at the DE Proctoring Center.
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Part 3 -- Simplex Method (assignments
available January 30)
Videos for Section 3.1
WebAssignments
Setting up the
initial simplex tableau (13:41)
Solving a
standard problem (21:40)
Solving a
standard problem with the row operation tool (6:07)
More
standard problems (20:14)
Videos for Section 3.2
WebAssignments
Nonstandard
problems (20:20)
Solving
a nonstandard problem with the row operation tool
(7:31)
How
the simplex method works for nonstandard problems
(9:27)
A more complex
problem (18:03)
Some final tips
(10:52)
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Part 4 -- Sets and Counting
(assignments available February 9)
Video for Section 4.1
WebAssignments
Introduction to
sets (13:34)
Video for Section 4.2
WebAssignments
Set operations
and Venn diagrams (17:49)
Video for Section 4.3
WebAssignments
Venn diagrams
and data (15:50)
Videos for Section 4.4-4.5
WebAssignments
Multiplication
principle and tree diagrams (19:10)
Permutations and
Combinations (29:29)
Some review
problems (17:43)
More review
problems (14:50)
Test on Parts 3 and 4: March 13-19 (See Test Info page)
You can bring
any books or any written or printed notes that you
might find useful. Bring any calculator that you might
want to use. The matrix tools listed on the class web
site may be used in any way that you wish. Laptop computers and other electronic devices are allowed in the test room only when they operate in battery mode. You are NOT allowed to plug any device into an electrical outlet at the DE Proctoring Center.
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Part 5 -- Probability (assignments
available February 29)
Video for Section 5.1
WebAssignments
Sample space and
events (17:30)
Video for Section 5.2
WebAssignments
What is
probability? (29:09)
Video for Section 5.3
WebAssignments
Uniform
probability distributions (43:19)
Video for Section 5.4
WebAssignments
Conditional
probability (41:58)
Video for Section 5.5
WebAssignments
Combining
conditional probabilities and tree diagrams (21:56)
Video for Section 5.6
WebAssignments
Independence and
independent trials (39:56)
Video for Section 5.7
WebAssignments
Expected value
(16:58)
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Test on Part 5: April 13-19 (See
Test Info page)
You can bring
any books or any written or printed notes that you
might find useful. Bring any calculator that you might
want to use. The matrix tools listed on the class web
site may be used in any way that you wish. Laptop computers and other electronic devices are allowed in the test room only when they operate in battery mode. You are NOT allowed to plug any device into an electrical outlet at the DE Proctoring Center.
Part 6 -- Markov Chains (assignments
available April 9)
There's almost a month between Test #2 and Test #3.
Make use of that time to get started on Part 6 before
Test #3. If you do so, it will allow you to have a
fairly leisurely week prior to the start of exams.
Videos for Section 6.1-6.2
WebAssignments
What is a Markov
chain? (13:33)
Multi-step
transition probabilities (9:24)
Multi-step
probabilities via the Matrix Tool (3:55)
Videos for Section 6.3-6.4
WebAssignments
Regular Markov
chains (19:48)
The
matrix tool and steady-state distributions (2:11)
Absorbing
Markov chains (28:57)
Absorbing
states and the matrix algebra tool (7:10)
Markov
chain review (17:05)
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Final Exam
Final Exam: April 30 - May 8 (See Test Info page)
You can bring
any books or any written or printed notes that you
might find useful. Bring any calculator that you might
want to use. The matrix tools listed on the class web
site may be used in any way that you wish. Laptop computers and other electronic devices are allowed in the test room only when they operate in battery mode. You are NOT allowed to plug any device into an electrical outlet at the DE Proctoring Center.
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