MATH 535: Homework for Chapter 6 November 12, 2003
Read Chapter 6 of the text, about eigenvectors & eigenvalues. Some of it will be material
you have seen before; how much is review depends on what you have studied before.
The following problems give you practice with the concepts in Chapter 6. Some are
very easy, some hard; some may be done in class. You might first browse through the
problems and see which you can do easily and which are more demanding. Be sure to
try the quizzes at the end of each chapter. They’re quick True/False and multiple choice
questions, and they have answers in the back of the book.
The majority of problems will not be turned in. Some will turn up (perhaps varied a bit)
on the final. I may ask you to hand in some of these problems for a grade later. I may
also assign additional problems.
Note: there are answers to a few selected problems in the back of the book.
Chapter 6
Section 1, p. 247 #1abe,2,4,5b,6
Section 2A, p. 250 #1,3,4
Section 3, p. 266 #2,3,4,6,7,8b,10
Section 4, p. 271 #3,4,5b,6
Section 5, p. 275 #1,2,3
End of Chapter quiz, p. 302 Try this; all questions have answers in the back.