MAT2233

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Topics List

Date Sections Topics Prerequisite Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Week 1/2
1.1 and 1.2

Systems of Linear Equations

  • Adding and subtracting equations
  • Solving an equation for a specifed variable
  • Equation for a line


  • Matrices, vectors
  • Gauss-Jordan elimination
  • Rank of a matrix
  • Matrix addition
  • The product Ax
  • Inner product
  • Linear Combinations


Week 3/4
1.3, 1.4 and 1.5


Linear Transformations

  • Basics of functions
  • Inverse functions and the identity function
  • Vectors and the Inner product


  • Linear transformations and their properties
  • Geometry of Linear Transformations (rotations, scalings and projections)
  • Matrix Products
  • The Inverses of a linear transform


Week 5/6
2.4

Bases and Linear Independence

  • Linear Combinations
  • Dimension in Rn
  • Image and kernel of a function

Image and Kernel of a linear transformation Span of a vector set Subspace of Rn Linear independence and basis Dimension Rank-nullity Theorem

Week 7/8


Similar Matrices and Coordinates

  • Conics (ellipses in particular)
  • Equivalence Relations
  • Coordinates in a subspace of Rn
  • Similar matrices
  • Diagonal matrices


Week 9/10


Orthogonality

  • Parallel and perpendicular lines
  • Absolute value function
  • Basic trigonometric function
  • Properties of inner products
  • Perpendicular vectors
  • Magnitude of vectors
  • Transpose of a Matrix
  • Orthonormal vectors
  • Orthogonal Projection (x = xjj + x?)
  • Orthonormal Bases
  • Gram-Schmidt process
  • The Least Squares solution


Week 11/12


Determinants

  • Summation notation
  • Sgn function
  • Properties of Determinants
  • Row operations and determinants
  • Invertibility based on determinant
  • Geometric Interpretation of the Determinant
  • Cramer's rule


Week 13/14


Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

  • Finding real roots of a polynomial
  • Finding the kernel of a function
  • Diagonalization
  • Finding eigenvalues
  • Finding eigenvectors
  • Geometric and algebraic multiplicity
  • Spectral Theorem