Math 215

Linear Algebra

General Information Schedule Homework

Schedule

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