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Assigned work is listed here. Homework is due in class at 10 a.m. on the due date, unless otherwise stated.

• Due on Wednesday January 25 (assigned January 18): Please write (or, preferably, type) a paragraph or two about yourself. What is your major? What is your mathematical background? Why are you taking this class? What are you hoping to get out of this class? How do you intend to ensure a successful experience in this class?
  Visit the web site for this class (http://sylow.slu.edu, click on "Spring 2023 Classes" in the green box on the left) - tell me something about it that you like, and something that could be improved.
  Write anything else you wish.
  
  Where is New Zealand?
  
  Also: send an email to your family, telling them when your tests and final exam are in this class, advising them NOT to book travel that conflicts with these events. Pay particular attention to the date of the Final Exam.
• Homework 1, due Friday January 27
• Homework 2, due Wednesday February 8
• Homework 3, due Monday February 27
• Homework 4, due Monday March 20
• Homework 5, due Wednesday April 5
• Homework 6, due Friday April 21
• Homework 7, due Friday May 5
• Problems to work after Homework 7
  • (11.1) An example of QR decomposition performed three ways. This example includes the Householder method as well as the usual Gram Schmidt method and the Given's rotation method. (Source: Che-Rung Lee, National Tsing Hua University (2008))
  • Read Section 11.1. WeBWorK reading question due May 5 @ 8:50 am.
  • Section 11.1: 1-3, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17
  • Read Section 11.2. WeBWorK reading question due May 8 @ 8:50 am.
  • Section 11.2: 1-4, 13, 14