Math 215 - Linear Algebra - Schedule

Class Date Sections Brief Description
1 Friday, 8/26 1.1 Introduction, Overview of Linear Algebra
2 Monday, 8/29 1.2 - 1.3 Mathematical Statements, Quantifiers (For all, There exists), Negations
3 Wednesday, 8/31 1.3 - 1.4 Alternations of Quantifiers, Mathematical Definitions
4 Friday, 9/2 1.4 Evens and Odds, Contrapositives and Contradictions
5 Monday, 9/5 1.5 Sets, Constructing Sets, Subsets
6 Wednesday, 9/7 1.5 - 1.6 Set Equality, Set Operations, Functions
7 Friday, 9/9 1.6 - 1.7 Injective, Surjective, and Bijective Functions
8 Monday, 9/12 1.7 - 2.2 Inverse Functions, Solving Equations, Vectors in R^2
9 Wednesday, 9/14 2.3 The Span of Vectors in R^2
10 Friday, 9/16 2.3 - 2.4 Bases, Linear Transformations: Definitions and Examples
11 Monday, 9/19 2.4 Linear Transformations: Properties and Bases
12 Wednesday, 9/21 - First Exam
13 Friday, 9/23 2.4 - 2.5 Operations on Linear Transformations, The Standard Matrix
14 Monday, 9/26 2.5 The Standard Matrix, Examples (Rotations, Projections, Reflections)
15 Wednesday, 9/28 2.6 Matrix Algebra
16 Friday, 9/30 2.7 The Range and Null Space of a Linear Transformation
17 Monday, 10/3 2.7 - 3.1 Inverses of Matrices, Coordinates and Change of Basis
18 Wednesday, 10/5 3.2 Matrices with Respect to Other Coordinates
19 Friday, 10/7 3.2 - 3.3 Changing Coordinates, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
20 Monday, 10/10 3.3 Characteristic Polynomial, Diagonalization
21 Wednesday, 10/12 3.3 - 3.4 Diagonalization, Determinants
22 Friday, 10/14 3.4 - 4.1 Determinants, Vector Spaces
- - - Fall Break
23 Monday, 10/24 4.1 Vector Spaces, Subspaces
24 Wednesday, 10/26 - Second Exam
25 Friday, 10/28 4.1 - 4.2 Spans, Linear Systems
26 Monday, 10/31 4.2 Solving Linear Systems, Augmented Matrices, Echelon Forms
- Wednesday, 11/2 - Class Canceled
27 Friday, 11/4 4.2 Reduced Echelon Form, Spans in Polynomial and Function Spaces
28 Monday, 11/7 4.3 Spanning Sequences
29 Wednesday, 11/9 4.4 Linearly Independent Sequences
30 Friday, 11/11 4.5 Bases and Coordinates
31 Monday, 11/14 4.5 Trimming Spanning Sequences to Bases
32 Wednesday, 11/16 4.6 Dimension
33 Friday, 11/18 5.1 General Linear Transformations, Matrices
34 Monday, 11/21 - Third Exam
35 Wednesday, 11/23 5.1 - 5.2 Matrices, The Range and Null Space of a Linear Transformation
- - - Thanksgiving Break
36 Monday, 11/28 5.2 Rank and Nullity
37 Wednesday, 11/30 5.2 Injective and Surjective Linear Transformations, Invertible Matrices
38 Friday, 12/2 5.3 Determinants
39 Monday, 12/5 5.3 Determinants, Cofactor Expansions
40 Wednesday, 12/7 5.4 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
41 Friday, 12/9 - Markov Chains, Fitting Lines to Data