REVIEW SHEET FOR THE FINAL

 

 

CHAPTER I.

 

Definitions:

-         consistent and inconsistent linear systems;

-         pivoting positions of a matrix

-         linear combination

-         Span

 -     linear independence/ linear dependence

-         linear transformation         

-         one-to-one

-         onto

 

Concepts:

 - Systems of linear equations. Equivalent forms of systems of linear equations: matrix form, vector form.

 - Row reduction algorithm, row equivalent matrices, echelon and reduced echelon forms

 - Homogeneous linear systems

 - Parametric vector form of a solution

 - Standard matrix of a linear transformation

 

Theorems:

-         Theorem 4

-         Theorem 6

-         Theorem 11

-         Theorem 12

 

Skills:

-    Solving linear systems by row reduction. Make use of back substitution (checking your answer) to prevent losing points because of your arithmetic.

-         Determine whether a given vector is a linear combination of a given set of vectors

-         Determine whether a given vector is in the Span of a given collection of vectors

-         Determine whether a given set of vectors is independent

 -         Determine the standard matrix of a linear transformation described geometrically

-         Determine whether a given transformation is linear.

 

 

 

CHAPTER II

 

Definitions:

-         Inverse of a matrix

-         Column space and Null space of a matrix

 -     Transpose of a matrix

 -     Elementary matrices

                                   

Concepts:

-         Matrix operations and their properties

-         Correspondence between matrix multiplication and composition of linear transformations

 

Theorems:

-         Theorem 3

-         Theorem 4

-         Theorem 8 ( and all the expansions to it that we added later)

-         Theorem 13

 

Skills:

-         Adding, multiplying, transposing, inverting matrices

-         Expressing row operations in terms of multiplication by elementary matrices

-         For a 2x2 matrix, know two ways to find the inverse

-         Be very familiar with various equivalent descriptions of invertible matrices (i.e. Theorem 8 + additions to it)

-         Computations of rank, dimension of the Null space, basis of column space and Null space

 

           

CHAPTER III

 

Concepts

-         Determinant

-         Determinant as a volume

 

Theorems

-         Theorem 2

-         Theorem 4

-         Theorem 6

-     Theorem 8

-         Theorem 10

 

Skills

-         Computations of determinants: explicit formulae for 2x2, 3x3, decomposition with respect to a row/column, row reduction

-         Determinants of elementary matrices

-         Computations of area (in R2) and volume (in R3) using determinants

-         Cramer’s rule

-     Computing inverse matrices using the Inverse formula

-     Characterization of an invertible matrix in terms of the determinant

 

 

CHAPTER IV

 

Definitions

-         Vector space

-         Subspace

-         Linear transformation

-         Kernel and Image of a linear transformation

-         Basis

 -    Coordinates relative to a basis      

 -    Dimension of a vector space         

 -    Row space of a matrix      

           

Concepts

-         Change of coordinates matrix

-         Standard basis of Rn

-         Change of basis

-         Rank as dimension of the row space and the column space

 

Theorems

-         Theorem 7

-         Theorem * from class (properties of the coordinate map) (with proof)

-         Theorem 9

-         Theorem 10

-         Theorem 11

-         Theorem 12 (the basis theorem)

 -     Theorem 13 (the rank theorem) (with proof)       

 

Skills

-         Determine bases and dimension for Column, Row and Null space of a matrix

-         Determine whether a given set of vectors form a basis

-         Compute coordinates with respect to  given basis, compute new coordinates out of old and vice versa

-         Applications of the rank theorem