Math 5435, Linear Algebra
Fall 2026
General Information
Class Meetings: Thursday 6:30-9pm Bannow 341
Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal
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Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu
Office: BNW GR-17
Office Hours: M 8:30-9:30, 12:30-1:30, W 10-11, R 8:30-9:30, 5:30-6:30 or by appointment
All office hours are in my office (Bannow GR17), or on Zoom.
Zoom link: https://fairfield.zoom.us/j/5514910533
Textbook: Strang, Linear Algebra and its Applications, 4th edition
Other Stuff
Homework assignments
- 9/18: Homework #1 due
- Section 1.3 #4, 5, 13, 16, 31
Section 1.4 #1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 17, 20, 33, 39, 53
Professor's answers pdf
- 9/25: Homework #2 due
- Section 1.5 #4 (just do the second one), 7, 11, 12, 15 (just the second one), 31 (just the second one), 43
Professor's answers pdf
- 10/2: Homework #3 due
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Section 1.6 #4, 5, 6 (just do the second one), 28, 41, 43, 50 (just the "in case" part), 51b, 56
Section 2.1 #1, 5, 9, 10
Professor's answers pdf
- 10/9: Homework #4 due
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Section 2.1 #13, 20
Section 2.2 #2a (part a means just do the first one), 5a, 8, 10, 12 (R is the RREF), 28, 29, 51, 70
Professor's answers pdf
- 10/16: Homework #5 due
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Section 2.3 #5a, 8, 11, 13, 20, 22, 28, 37
Section 2.4 #3 (just do it for A), 5, 7, 11, 23
Class recordings