Math 215

Linear Algebra

General Information Schedule Homework

Schedule

We will cover most of the material in Chapters 1-6 of the textbook.

Class Number Date Sections in Text Brief Description
1 Monday, 1/25 1.1 Introduction, Systems of Linear Equations
2 Wednesday, 1/27 1.2 Row Reduction, Echelon Forms
3 Friday, 1/29 1.3 Vectors, Interpreting Systems of Linear Equations in Terms of Vectors
4 Monday, 2/1 1.4 Linear Systems as Matrix Equations
5 Wednesday, 2/3 1.5 Homogeneous Linear Systems, Describing Solutions
6 Friday, 2/5 1.7 Linear Independence
7 Monday, 2/8 1.8 Matrices as Linear Transformations
8 Wednesday, 2/10 1.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation
9 Friday, 2/12 1.9, 2.1 One-to-One and Onto Linear Transformations, Matrix Operations
10 Monday, 2/15 2.1, 2.2 Matrix Algebra
11 Wednesday, 2/17 2.2 Inverses of Matrices
12 Friday, 2/19 2.3 Characterizing Invertible Matrices
13 Monday, 2/22 - First Exam
14 Wednesday, 2/24 4.1 Vector Spaces
15 Friday, 2/26 4.1 Properties of Vector Spaces, Subspaces
16 Monday, 3/1 4.2 Null Space and Column Space of a Matrix, Kernel and Range of a Linear Transformation
17 Wednesday, 3/3 4.3 Linear Independence, Spanning Sets, Bases
18 Friday, 3/5 4.4 Coordinates
19 Monday, 3/8 4.5 Dimension of a Vector Space
20 Wednesday, 3/10 4.6 Row Space, Rank of a Matrix
21 Friday, 3/12 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Introduction to Determinants
22 Monday, 3/15 3.2, 3.3 Properties of Determinants
23 Wednesday, 3/17 - Second Exam
24 Friday, 3/19 3.3 Determinants as Scaling Factors, Cramer's Rule, Adjugates
- Monday, 3/22 - Spring Break
- Wednesday, 3/24 - Spring Break
- Friday, 3/26 - Spring Break
- Monday, 3/29 - Spring Break
- Wednesday, 3/31 - Spring Break
- Friday, 4/2 - Spring Break
25 Monday, 4/5 5.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
26 Wednesday, 4/7 5.2 The Characteristic Polynomial
27 Friday, 4/9 5.3 Similarity, Diagonalization
28 Monday, 4/12 5.6 Discrete Dynamical Systems
29 Wednesday, 4/14 4.9 Markov Chains
30 Friday, 4/16 5.4 Representing Linear Transformations, Similarity, Change of Basis
31 Monday, 4/19 6.1 Inner Products, Length, and Orthogonality
32 Wednesday, 4/21 6.2 Orthogonal Sets
33 Friday, 4/23 6.3 Orthogonal Projections
34 Monday, 4/26 6.4 The Gram-Schmidt Process
35 Wednesday, 4/28 - Third Exam
36 Friday, 4/30 6.5 Least-Squares Solutions
37 Monday, 5/3 6.6 Linear Models
38 Wednesday, 5/5 7.1 Symmetric Matrices
39 Friday, 5/7 7.2 Quadratic Forms
40 Monday, 5/10 - Absorbing Markov Chains
41 Wednesday, 5/12 - Absorbing Markov Chains
42 Friday, 5/14 - Review