MATHEMATICS 69.114C, CLASS OUTLINE FOR WINTER 2003

WEEK DATES TESTS SECTIONS TOPICS
1 Jan.6-10 ~ 1.1-1.2 Systems of linear equations. Elementary row operations. Echelon forms. Row reduction. Parametric descriptions of solution sets.
2 Jan.13-17 ~ 1.2-1.3 Existence and uniqueness questions. Vector equations. Linear combinations. Spans.
3 Jan.20-24 TEST 1 1.4-1.5 The matrix equation Ax = b. Existence of solutions. Solution sets of linear systems. Homogeneous and nonhomogeneous systems.
4 Jan.27-31 ~ 1.7-1.8 Linear independence. Introduction to linear transformations.
5 Feb.3-7 TEST 2 1.9, 1.6, 1.10 The matrix of a linear transformation. "One-to-one" and "Onto" Mappings. Linear applications: network flow, electrical circuits, differential equations.
6 Feb.10-14 ~ 2.1-2.2 Matrix operations. Inverse of a matrix.
~ Feb.17-21 ~ WINTER BREAK NO CLASSES THIS WEEK
7 Feb.24-28 ~ 2.3; 3.1-3.2 The invertable matrix theorem. Determinants.
8 Mar.3-7 Test 3 3.3, 2.8, 2.9 Cramer's rule. Subspaces. Dimension and rank.
9 Mar.10-14 ~ 5.1-5.3 Eigenvectors and eigenvalues. Characteristic equation. Diagonalization.
10 Mar.17-21 TEST 4 Appendix B
5.5
Complex numbers. Complex eigenvalues.
11 Mar.24-28 ~ 6.1-6.2 Inner product. Orthogonal sets.
12 Mar.31-Apr.4 ~ 6.3 Orthogonal projections. Review of course.