Math 215 - Linear Algebra - Schedule

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