COURSE INFO
SCHEDULE
SYLLABUS
HOMEWORK
OFFICE HOURS
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Math 300, Fall 2008
Linear Algebra
Syllabus
Daily topics are subject to change.
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Tuesday, 9/2: |
Systems of Linear Equations and Row Operations
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Thursday, 9/4: |
Matrix Notation
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Monday, 9/8: |
Reduction into Echelon Form
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Tuesday, 9/9: |
Vectors and Equations
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Thursday, 9/11: |
Linear Combinations and Vector Spaces, Quiz One
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Monday, 9/15: |
Solving Ax=b
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Tuesday, 9/16: |
Linear Systems
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Thursday, 9/18: |
Linear Independence
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Monday 9/22: |
Linear Transformations
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Tuesday 9/23: |
The Matrix of a Transformation
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Thursday 9/25: |
Beginning Applications and Quiz 2
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Monday 9/29: |
More on Applications, Beginning Matrix Operations
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Tuesday 9/30: |
Matrix Operations and Inverses
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Thursday 10/2: |
More on Invertibility
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Monday 10/6: |
Matrix Factorizations
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Tuesday 10/7: |
Introduction to Determinants
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Thursday 10/9: |
More on Determinants and Quiz 3
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Monday 10/13: |
No Class-Fall Break
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Tuesday, 10/14: |
No Class-Fall Break
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Thursday, 10/16: |
More on Determinants
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Monday, 10/20: |
Cramer's Rule and Linear Transformations
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Tuesday 10/21: |
Review for Midterm
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Thursday 10/23: |
In-Class Midterm
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Monday 10/27: |
Introduction to Abstract Vector Spaces
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Tuesday, 10/28: |
Subspaces, Null Space and Column Space
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Thursday 10/30: |
Linear Independence and Bases
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Monday, 11/3: |
Coordinate Systems
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Tuesday, 11/4: |
Dimension and Rank
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Thursday 11/6: |
More on Rank and Quiz 4
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Monday, 11/10: |
Markov Chains
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Tuesday, 11/11: |
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
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Thursday 11/13: |
The Characteristic Polynomial
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Monday, 11/17: |
Diagonalization
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Tuesday, 11/18: |
A Basis of Eigenvectors, Diagonalization of Transformations
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Thursday 11/20: |
Quiz 5
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Monday, 12/1: |
Inner Products and Orthogonality
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Tuesday, 12/2: |
Orthogonal and Orthonormal Sets
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Thursday 12/4: |
Projections
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Monday 12/8: |
Gram-Schmit and Orthonormal Bases
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Tuesday, 12/9: |
Least Squares
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Thursday 12/11: |
Quiz 6
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Final Review: TBA |
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Final Exam: Monday, December 15, 9-11 PM |
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