Math 260, Fall 2015, Assignment 1

The beginner...should not be discouraged if...he finds that he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

- P. Halmos

Carefully define the following terms, then give one example and one non-example of each:

1. Geometric vector.
2. Algebraic vector.
3. Matrix.
4. System of linear equations.
5. Augmented matrix (of a linear system).
6. Elementary row operation.

Solve the following problems:

1. Section 1.1, problems 3, 5, 11, 15, and 21.

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