Syllabus

Department Syllabus

(The following schedule is subject to changes. Unless specified in the following notes or in class, all problems listed in department syllabus are assigned.)

1.     Section 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations

Section 1.2: Row reductions & Echelon forms

2.     Section 1.3: Vector Equations

Section 1.4: Matrix Equations Ax=b

3.     Section 1.5: Solution Sets of Linear Systems

Section 1.7: Linear Independence

4.     Section 1.8: Linear Transformations

Section 1.9: The Matrix of a Linear Transformation

5.     Section 2.1: Matrix Operations

Section 2.2: Inverse of a Matrix  

Section 2.3: Characterization of Invertible Matrices

6.     Section 3.1: Introduction to Determinants 

Section 3.2: Properties of Determinants

Section 3.3: Cramer's Rule

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7.     Section 4.1: Vector Spaces and Subspaces

Section 4.2: Null Space, Column Space, Kernel and Range

8.     Section 4.3: Linear Independent Sets, Bases

Section 4.4: Coordinate Systems

9.     Section 4.5: The Dimension of a Vector Space

Section 4.6: Rank of a Matrix

10.  Section 5.1: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Section 5.2: Characteristic Equations

11.  Section 5.3: Diagonalization

Section 6.1: Inner Product, Length and Orthogonality

12.  Section 6.2: Orthogonal Sets

Section 6.3: Orthogonal Projections

13.  Section 6.4: The Gram-Schmidt Process

Section 6.5. Least-Squares Approximations

Section 6.6 Applications to Linear Models

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Course Review for Final Examination