Math 24
Linear Algebra
Last updated May 31, 2008 12:24:21 EDT

General Information Syllabus HW Assignments

Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. This page will be updated irregularly.
On the other hand, the weekly syllabus contained in the Homework Assignments page will always be accurate.


Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
1/5   introduction, induction
1/7 1.1, 1.2 vector spaces
1/9 1.3 subspaces
1/10   No class today
1/12 1.4 linear combinations
1/13 (x-hour) 1.5 linear dependence and independence
1/14 1.6 bases and dimension
1/16 2.1 linear transformations
1/19   MLK day; no class today
1/20 (x-hour) 2.1 linear transformations
1/21 2.2 linear transformations and matrices
1/23 2.3 composition of transformations and matrix multiplication
1/26 2.4 invertibiity and isomorphism
1/27 (x-hour)   Exam I, in-class portion
1/28 2.5 change of basis
1/30 3.1 elemetary matrix operations
2/2 3.2 matrix rank and inverse
2/4 3.3 systems of linear equations
2/6 3.4 systems of linear equations
2/9 4.1,4.2 matrix determinants
2/10 (x-hour) 4.3,4.4 properties of determinants
2/11 5.1 eigenvalues and eigenvectors
2/13   Winter carnival; no class today
2/16 5.2 diagonalizability
2/17 (x-hour) 5.3 matrix limits and Markov chains
2/18 5.4 invariant subspaces, the Cayley-Hamilton theorem
2/20 6.1 inner products and norms
2/23 6.2 orthogonalization, orthogonal complements
2/24 (x-hour)   Exam II, in-class portion
2/25 6.3 adjoint of a linear operator
2/27   No class today
3/1 6.4 normal and self-adjoint operators
3/2 (x-hour) 6.5 unitary and orhogonal operators
3/3 6.6 orthogonal projections, the spectral theorem
3/5   No class today
3/8   conclusion


Marcia J. Groszek
Last updated May 31, 2008 12:24:21 EDT