21-241 Schedule - Summer 2004  

21-241 Matrix Algebra
 Schedule

   

Week #1: 
May 17 - 21
Systems of Linear Equations (1.1) 
Row Reduction and Echelon Forms (1.2) 
Vector Equations (1.3) 
The Matrix Equation Ax = b (1.4)
Solution Sets of Linear Systems (1.5) 
Applications of Linear Systems (1.6)
Week #2: 
May 24 - 28
Linear Independence (1.7)
Introduction to Linear Transformations (1.8)
The Matrix of a Linear Transformation (1.9)
Matrix Operations (2.1)  
Exam #1 will be given during the lecture hour on Thursday, May 27.
The Inverse of a Matrix (2.2)
Week #3: 
June 1 - 4
Characterizations of Invertible Matrices (2.3)  
Applications in Computer Graphics (2.7)
Subspaces of R^n (2.8)
Dimension and Rank (2.9) 
Introduction to Determinants (3.1) 
Week #4: 
June 7 - 11
Properties of Determinants (3.2) 
Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues (5.1) 
The Characteristic Equation (5.2) 
Exam #2 will be given during the lecture hour on Wednesday, June 9.
Diagonalization (5.3)
Complex Eigenvalues (5.5)  
Discrete Dynamical Systems (5.6) 
Week #5: 
June 14 - 18

Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality (6.1)
Orthogonal Sets (6.2)
Orthogonal Projections (6.3)
The Gram-Schmidt Process (6.4)
Least-Squares Problems (6.5)  
Exam #3 will be given during the lecture hour on Friday, June 18.
Week #6: 
June 21 - 25
Applications to Linear Models (6.6)
Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices (7.1)
Quadratic Forms (7.2)
Constrained Optimization (7.3)
The Singular Value Decomposition (7.4)
The Final Exam will be given during the lecture hour on Friday, June 25.