Class information:
- << the syllabus will go here >>
Test solutions:
- << test solutions will go here >>
Study guides:
- <<study guides will go here >>
Past Lecture Notes:
My notes: These are the notes that I'm using to teach the class.
The specific notes for this semester's class are in the calendar
below with a link to each day's notes.
Feel free to use these if you want to look ahead.
- Topic 0 - Review row reduction - see Topic 3 notes from Math 2550
- Topic 1 - Vector spaces
- Topic 2 - Spanning sets, linear independence, bases, dimension
- Topic 3 - Linear transformations
- Topic 4 - The matrix of a linear transformation
- Review - Determinants
- Topic 5 - Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization
Homework:
HW 0 | HW 0 is optional. It is for you to review row reduction from Math 2550 if you haven't done it for a while. If you do the homework below and look at the solutions it is a good review.
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HW 1 | |
HW 2
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Note: In the Math 2550 HW, P_n means P_n(R) and |
HW 3 |
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HW 4 |
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Review of Determinants |
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HW 5 |
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HW 6 |
Schedule and lecture notes:
Week | Monday | Wednesday |
1 | 8/22 | 8/24 |
2 | 8/29 | 8/31 |
3 | 9/5 HOLIDAY
| 9/7 |
4 | 9/12 | 9/14 |
5 | 9/19 | 9/21 |
6 | 9/26 | 9/28 |
7 | 10/3 | 10/5 TEST 1 |
8 | 10/10 | 10/12 |
9 | 10/17 | 10/19 |
10 | 10/24 | 10/26 |
11 | 10/31 | 11/2 |
12 | 11/7 | 11/9 |
13 | 11/14 | 11/16 TEST 2 |
11/21 HOLIDAY | 11/23 HOLIDAY | |
14 | 11/28 | 11/30 |
15 | 12/5 | 12/7 |
Finals week | 12/14 Final exam time |
Online Resources:
- Linear Algebra online textbook by Jim Hefferon
- Anne Schilling's Winter 07' course at UC Davis with notes and more homework with solutions
- Linear Algebra - As an Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, by Lankham, Nachtergaele, and Schilling
- Linear Algebra Done Wrong, by Sergei Treil
- A First Course in Linear Algebra, by Robert Beezer