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Latest revision as of 12:58, 29 January 2022

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Topics List

Date Sections from Lay Sections from Bretscher Topics Prerequisite Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Week 1
1.1 and 1.2
1.1

Introduction to Linear Systems of Equations

  • Using elimination to find solutions of linear systems
  • The Geometrical interpretation of solutions to linear systems
Week 2
1.3, 1.4, and 1.5
1.2 and 1.3

Vectors and Matrices

Gauss-Jordan Elimination

  • Vectors and vector addition
  • Matrix notation
  • The Gauss-Jordan method for solving a linear system of equation
  • The rank of a matrix
  • Sums of Matrices
  • The product Ax (where A is a matrix and x is a vector)
  • The Dot product
  • Linear Combinations


Week 3
2.1
2.3

Matrix Algebra and Matrix Multiplication

  • Matrix Operations
  • Matrix products by columns
  • Matrix products using the dot product
Week 3
2.2 and 2.3
2.4

The Inverse of a Linear Transformation

  • The Identity matrix
  • The Inverse of a Matrix
  • Various characterizations for an invertible matrix


Week 4
1.8 and 1.9
2.1

Introduction to Linear Transformations

  • Linear Transformations
  • Requirements for a transformation to be linear
Week 5
1.7, 2.8, and 2.9
3.2

Subspaces of Rⁿ and Linear Independence

  • Definition of a subspace of Rⁿ
  • Defining linear independence for a set of vectors
  • Definition of a basis for a subspace


Week 6
4.1
4.1

Introduction to Vector Spaces

  • Definition of a vector space(or linear space)
  • Subspaces of vector spaces
  • Linear combinations and bases for vector spaces
  • Examples of vector spaces of functions


Week 6
4.2
3.1

The Column Space and Nullspace of a Linear Transformation

  • The image (or column space) of a linear transformation
  • The kernel (or nullspace) of a linear transformation
  • Properties of the kernel


Week 7
4.3 and 4.5
3.3 and 4.1

The Dimension of a Vector Space


  • The number of vectors in a basis of Rn
  • Dimension of a subspace in Rⁿ
  • The dimension of a vector space
  • The dimension of the nullspace (or kernel) and the column space (or image)
  • The Rank-nullity Theorem


Week 8
6.1 and 6.2
Appendix A and 5.1

Dot Products and Orthogonality

  • Orthogonal vectors
  • Length (or magnitude or norm) of a vector
  • Unit vectors
  • Orthonormal vectors
  • Orthogonal projections
  • Orthogonal complements
  • Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
  • The angle between vectors
Week 9
6.3 and 6.4
5.2 and 5.3

Orthonormal Bases and the Gram-Schmidt Process

Orthogonal Transformations and Orthogonal Matrices

  • Orthogonal transformations
  • Orthonormal Bases
  • Orthogonal matrices
  • The transpose of a matrix
  • The Gram-Schmidt Process
  • QR factorization
Week 10
6.5 and 6.6
5.4

The Least-squares Solution

  • The orthogonal complement of the image is equal to the left nullspace (or kernel of the transpose) for all matrices
  • The least-squares solution for a linear system
  • Data fitting using the least-squares solution


Week 11
3.1 and 3.2
6.1 and 6.2

Introduction to Determinants

Cramer's Rule

  • The determinant of 2 by 2 and 3 by 3 matrices
  • The determinant of a general n by n matrix
  • The determinant of a triangular matrix
  • Properties of the determinant
  • The determinant of the transpose
  • Invertibility and the determinant


Week 12
3.3
6.3

The Geometric Interpretation of the Determinant


  • Cramer's Rule
  • The adjoint and inverse of a matrix
  • The area of a parallelogram and the volume of a parallelepiped


Week 13
The beginning of 5.3 as well as the sections 5.1 and 5.2
7.1, 7.2 and the beginning of 7.3

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

  • The requirement for a matrix to be diagonalizable
  • Definition of an eigenvector
  • The characteristic equation used to find eigenvalues
  • Eigenvalues of a triangular matrix
  • Eigenspaces for specific eigenvalues


Week 14
5.3 and 5.4
3.4 and 7.3

Diagonalization of Matrices

  • Similar matrices
  • Diagonalization in terms of linearly independent eigenvectors
  • Algebraic and geometric multiplicity for a specific eigenvalue
  • The strategy for diagonalization