Please see below for lecture summaries, homework and other study material.
Date | Topics |
Jan.15. | Matrix encodings of linear systems. Elementary row operations on matrices. Notes. |
Jan.18. | MLK Holiday; no class. |
Jan.20. | Echelon and reduced echelon forms.
Notes.
Homework 1 (due Fri. Jan. 29): 1.1: 3, 8, 10, 12, 20; 1.2: 2, 4, 8, 12, 16. |
Jan.22. | The Gaussian Elimination Algorithm. Notes. |
Jan.25. | Solution sets of linear systems from echelon forms. Vectors and linear combinations. Notes. |
Jan.27. | Matrix-vector products. Vector equations and matrix equations. Spans.
Notes.
Homework 2 (due Wed. Feb. 3): 1.3: 8, 10, 12, 18; 1.4: 4, 8, 12, 14. |
Jan.29. | Spanning properties via Echelon forms. Notes. |
Feb.01. | Linear independence: definition, examples and tests. Notes. |
Feb.03. | Geometry of vectors. Homogeneous vs. non-homogeneous equations.
Notes.
Homework 3 (due Wed. Feb. 10): 1.4: 15, 16; 1.5: 4, 6, 13, 16, 18, 19, 32. |
Feb.05. | Size bounds on spanning and linearly independent sets. Introduction to linear maps. Notes. | Feb.08. | Examples of linear and non-linear maps. Linear maps vs. matrix multiplication. Notes. |
Feb.10. | Image, kernel, surjectivity and injectivity of linear maps.
Notes.
Homework 4 (due Thur. Feb. 18): 1.7: 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 22, 31, 32; 1.8: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16. |
Feb.12. | Geometric linear transformations of R^2. Midterm I date announced: March 1. Notes. |
Feb.15. | Matrix addition, scaling and multiplication.
Notes.
Homework 5 (due Wed. Feb. 24): 1.9: 4, 6, 8, 14, 22, 38, 40; 2.1: 2, 6, 7, 9. |
Feb.17. | Wellness Day; no class. |
Feb.19. | Properties of matrix multiplication. Matrix products vs. composition of linear maps. Notes. |
Feb.22. | Matrix powers and transposes. Inverse of matrices.
Notes.
Details and review problems on Midterm I. |
Feb.24. | Invertibility vs. cancellation. Properties of matrix inverses. The invertible
matrix theorem.
Notes.
Homework 6 (due Wed. Mar. 3): 2.1: 10, 12, 27; 2.2: 2, 4, 7, 8. |
Feb.26. | More on the invertible matrix theorem. Review for Midterm I. Notes. |
Mar.01. | More midterm review. Algorithm for testing invertibility and finding inverses. Notes. Midterm I (available on Canvas from 5:59 pm to 11:59 pm). |
Mar.03. | Invertible linear maps. Subspaces of R^n.
Notes.
Homework 7 (due Wed. Mar. 10): 2.2: 13, 32; 2.3: 6, 33, 34; 2.8: 4, 8, 10, 12. |
Mar.05. | Examples and non-examples of subspaces. Proofs on subspaces. Notes. |
Mar.08. | Null spaces. Bases of subspaces of R^n. Notes. |
Mar.10. | Dimension. Finding bases and dimension. The rank-nullity theorem.
Notes.
Homework 8 (due Wed. Mar. 17): 2.8: 14, 18, 20, 24, 38; 2.9: 2, 4, 8, 14. |
Mar.12. | Coordinate systems. Computation of determinants. Notes. |
Mar.15. | Class cancelled due to winter storm. |
Mar.17. | Properties of determinants. Proof of the determinant criterion
for invertibility.
Notes.
Homework 9 (due Sun. Mar. 28.): 3.1: 4, 10, 14, 20, 24; 3.2: 16, 18, 20, 22; 3.3: 20, 22. |
Mar.19. | More applications of determinants. Determinants and area/volume. Notes. |
Mar.22. | Abstract vector spaces: definitions, examples, and generalizations of familiar facts. Notes. |
Mar.24. | Relating vector spaces to R^n via coordinate mappings. Row spaces and row
ranks.
Notes.
Homework 10 (due Wed. Mar. 31.): 4.1: 6, 8, 12, 16, 18; 4.2: 10, 12; 4.4: 28; 4.6: 2, 4, 6, 8. |
Mar.26. | Homework discussion. Notes. Midterm II date announced: April 5. |
Mar.29. | Change of basis.
Notes.
Details and review problems on Midterm II. |
Mar.30. | Algorithm for computing transition matrices. Matrices of linear maps.
Notes.
Homework 11 (due Wed. Apr. 7.): 4.6: 10, 12; 4.7: 2, 4, 8, 10; 5.4: 1, 2, 3, 4. |
Apr.02. | Eigenvectors and eigenvalues: motivation, definition, and first examples.
Notes.
Solutions to Midterm II review problems. |
Apr.05. | Discussion of the midterm review. Notes. |
Apr.07. | Characteristic polynomials. Finding eigenvalues.
Notes.
Homework 12 (due Wed. Apr. 14.): 5.1: 3, 6, 8, 12, 14; 5.2: 4, 6, 10, 16. |
Apr.09. | Eigenspaces and their bases. Algebraic vs. geometric multiplicity. Notes. |
Apr.12. | Diagonalizability and diagonalization. Notes. |
Apr.14. | More diagonalization problems. Why the formula A=PDP^{-1} works.
Notes.
Homework 13 (due Wed. Apr. 21.): 5.3: 2, 4, 8, 12, 14; 5.4: 12, 14, 16. |
Apr.16. | Matrices of linear maps, revisited. Homework discussion. Notes. |
Apr.19. | Complex eigenvalues. Inner products, length, and distance. Final Exam announced (available on Canvas from 11:59 am to 11:59 pm of May 5). Notes. |
Apr.21. | Unit vectors and normalization. Orthogonality via inner products. Orthogonal
sets. Notes.
Homework 14 (due Wed. Apr. 28.): 6.1: 2, 5, 10, 14; 6.2: 8, 10, 12, 14; 6.3: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12. |
Apr.23. | Orthogonal and orthonormal bases. Orthogonal projections.
Notes.
Details on final exam and review for Chapters 5 and 6.. |
Apr.26. | More on orthogonal projections. The Gram-Schmidt algorithm. Notes. |
Apr.28. | Review for final exam. |