Important Dates
Exams
Exam 1: Monday April 18
Exam 2: Monday May 16
Final: Monday June 6 at 2:30-4:20
Week 1: Sections 1.1-1.4
March 28: Introduction and geometry of linear equations
March 30: Gaussian elimination
April 1: Matrix operations and matrix multiplication
Week 2: Sections 1.5,1.6,1.7,1.9
April 4: Algebra of Matrix Operations
April 6: Linear Independence
April 8: Non-singularity and matrix Inverses
Week 3: Sections 1.4, 1.8, 1.9
April 11: More on inverses and Polynomial interpolation
April 13: Applications to sciences and Data Fitting
April 15: Review Class
Week 4: Sections 3.1-3.3
April 18: Exam 1
April 20: Quick Chapter 2 review, Vector Spaces
April 22: Subspaces
Week 5: Sections 3.3-3.5
April 25: Some more subspace examples and the concept of a basis
April 27: Finish basis discussion
April 29: Dimension
Week 6: Sections 3.6-3.7
May 2: Orthogonality and Gram-Schmidt
May 4: More orthogonality and start Linear Transformations
May 6: Linear Transformations
Week 7: Sections 3.7-3.9
May 9: Finish Linear Transformations and start Least Squares
May 11: Least Squares and Data Fitting
May 13: Review for Exam 2
Week 8: Sections 4.1-4.3
May 16: Exam 2
May 18: The Eignevalue Problem and Determinants
May 20: Determinant Properties
Week 9: Sections 4.4, 4.5, and 4.7
May 23: Properties of Eigenvalues and Eigenspaces
May 25: Similarity and Diagonalization
May 27: Diagonalization and Applications
Week 10: Section 4.8
May 30: No class
June 1: Markov Processes
June 3: Review Day