Math 215

Linear Algebra

General Information Schedule Homework

Schedule

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