Math 240 - Linear Algebra - Course Outline

This is a tentative outline and will be updated at least 24 hours in advance before each class.

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15


Date Section Topics
Jan 11 (1.1) Systems of linear equations
(a) a few words about the course
(b) matrices and applications
(c) systems of linear equations and applications
(d) matrix notation for systems of linear equations
(e) solutions of systems of linear equations:
    a unique solution, infinitely many solutions or no solution
Jan 13 (1.1) Systems of linear equations
(a) the equivalent relation of two systems
(b) elementary row operations
(c) triangularization
Jan 15 (1.1) Systems of linear equations
(a) backward substitution
(b) Gaussian Elimination
(c) Solving linear systems using Gaussian Elimination and backward substitution
       
Jan 18 (1.1)
(1.2)
Systems of linear equations
(a) more examples

Row echelon form
(b) row echelon form
(c) solutions of systems of linear equations
    leading variables and free variables
Jan 20 (1.2)
(1.3)
Row echelon form
(a) reduced row echelon form
(b) Gauss-Jordan reduction

Matrix Algebra
(c) scalar multiplication
(d) matrix addition
(e) matrix multiplication
Jan 22 (1.3) Matrix Algebra
(a) properties of matrix addition, scalar multiplication and matrix multiplication
(b) inverse of a matrix
(c) property of inverse matrix
(d) transpose of a matrix
(e) property of transpose matrix
       
Jan 25 (1.4) Elementary matrices
(a) elementary matrices for 3 elementary row operations
(b) inverses of elementary matrices
Jan 27 (1.4) Matrix inversion
(a) inverse of a square matrix
Jan 29 (1.4) LU factorization
(a) elementary matrices
(b) LU factorization
       
Feb 1 (2.1) Determinants
(a) determinant of a square matrix
(b) compute the determinant using elementary row operations
Feb 3 (2.2) Properties of determinants
(a) properties of determinants
(b) adjoint of a matrix
Feb 5 (2.3) Cramer's Rule
(a) Cramer's Rule
(b) applications
       
Feb 8   Review for Hour Exam 1
 
Feb 10   Hour Exam 1
 
Feb 12 (3.1) Vector spaces
(a) definition
(b) vector space: Rn
       
Feb 15 (3.1) Vector spaces
(a) examples in Rn, Rnxm
(b) examples in Cn[a,b]
Feb 17 (3.2) Subspaces
(a) definition
(b) examples in Rn, Rnxm
Feb 19 (3.2) Subspaces
(a) more examples in Rn, Rnxm
(b) examples in Cn[a,b]
(c) the nullspace of a matrix
       
Feb 22 (3.3) Linear independence
(a) definition
(b) examples in Rn
Feb 24 (3.4) Basis and dimension
(a) definition of a basis of a vector space
(b) definition of the dimension of a vector space
(c) examples
Feb 26 (3.5) The row space and column space of a matrix
(a) definitions of a row space and a column space
(b) computation of row and column spaces
       
Mar 1 (3.5) Subspaces of a Matrix
(a) nullspace, row space and column space
(b) nullity
(c) relation of these subspaces
Mar 3 (4.1) Linear transformation
(a) definition
(b) examples
Mar 5 (4.1) Linear transformation
(a) the image of a linear transformation
(b) the kernel of a linear transformation
       
Mar 8   Review for Hour Exam #2
 
Mar 10   Hour Exam #2
 
Mar 12 (4.2) Matrix representation of linear transformations
(a) matrix representation of a linear transformation
(b) examples
       
Mar 15 (4.3) Change basis
(a) relation between bases
(b) change basis using the matrix of representation
Mar 17 (4.3) Change basis
(a) relation between bases
(b) change basis using the matrix of representation
Mar 19 (5.1) The scalar product in Rn
(a) definition
(b) computation
(c) applications
       
Mar 22 (5.2) Orthogonal subspaces
(a) definition of orthogonal
(b) orthogonal subspaces
Mar 24 (5.3) Inner product subspaces
(a) definition
(b) examples
Mar 26 (5.7) Orthogonalization
(a) the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process
(b) steps
       
Mar 29
Apr 2
Spring Break    
       
Apr 5   Review
Apr 7 (6.1) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
(a) definition
(b) computation
(c) example
Apr 9 (6.1) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
(a) more on computation
       
Apr 12   Review for Hour Exam #3
Apr 14   Hour Exam #3
Apr 16 (6.1) Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
(a) computation
(b) applications
       
Apr 19 (6.3) Diagonalization
definition
computation
Apr 21 (6.3) Diagonalization
(a) definition
(b) computation
Apr 23 (6.5) Quadratic forms
(a) definition
(b) computation
       
Apr 26 (6.5) Quadratic forms
(a) computation
(b) applications
Apr 28   Review for Final
Apr 20   Review for Final
       
May 1   Final Exam - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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