Math 220B, Linear Algebra
(Professor McKelvey)
Syllabus, Fall Term, 2009


(Subject to Change)
Date Text
Section
Topic
Sept.91.1 Systems of Linear Equations
111.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
141.3 Vector Equations
161.4 Matrix Equations (Ax=b)
181.5 Solution Sets of Linear Systems
211.6 Networks (Application)
231.7 Linear Independence
251.8 Linear Transformations
281.9 Matrix of a Linear Transformation
302.1 Matrix Operations
Oct.22.2 Inverse of a Matrix
52.3 Invertible Matrices
73.1 Introduction to Determinants
9 First In-Class Examination
123.2 Properties of Determinants
143.3 Cramer's Rule, Volume
164.1 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
194.2 Null and Column Spaces, Linear Transformations
214.3 Linearly Independent Sets; Bases
234.4 Coordinates
26 FALL BREAK
284.5 Dimension of a Vector Space
304.6 Rank
Nov.25.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
45.2 The Characteristic Equation
6 Second In-Class Examination
95.3 Diagonalization
115.4 Eigenvectors and Linear Transformations
135.5 Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
165.6 Discrete Dynamical Systems
186.1 Inner Product, Length, Orthogonality
206.2 Orthogonal Sets
236.3 Orthogonal Projections
25 THANKSGIVING BREAK
27 THANKSGIVING BREAK
306.4 Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization
Dec.26.5 Least-Squares Problems
46.7 Inner Product Spaces
77.1 Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices
9 Third In-Class Examination
117.2 Quadratic Forms
14 Catch-up, Instructor's Choice
19 FINAL EXAM (Saturday, 9:00am to 11:00am)

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