Talks
"Math Doesn't Suck" |
| Danica McKellar, mathematician, actor, and author |
| Friday, October 9, 7:30 pm, Galileo Hall |
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"String Theory: Reaching for Einstein's Dream" |
| Brian Greene, Columbia University |
| Friday, October 2, 7:30 pm, Galileo Hall (arrive early!) |
Resources for Math 12
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Lecture Notes |
Professor de Pillis' tablet lecture notes are posted under "Resources" on the Sakai site for the this course. | ||||
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Lecture Notes (09/04) |
Applet for tiling 8x8 chessboard with trominoes Proof by induction example on trominoes |
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Big ideas (09/04) |
Brief notes on some big ideas of linear algebra Some definitions from textbook of big ideas |
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Slides |
Supplementary slides on matrix multiplication and transposes |
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Slides (09/18 and 09/21) |
Slides on solving linear systems
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Exploration |
Planes, Solutions, and Gaussian Elimination of a 3x3 Linear System Mathematica demo |
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Slides (09/30) |
Slides on Fundamental Thm of Invertible Matrices
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Slides (10/02) |
Slides on subspaces, basis, and dimension
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Slides (10/05) |
Slides on bases for fundamental subspaces, rank, and intro to linear transformations
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Course survey |
Please complete an informal survey (by midnight on Wed, Oct 7) on how the course has gone so far. Thank you! |
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Slides (10/07) |
Slides on linear transformations and intro to determinants
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Slides (10/09) |
Slides on determinants and intro to eigenvalues
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Exploration |
Determinants Seen Geometrically Mathematica demo |
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Slides (10/12) |
Slides on eigenvalues and eigenvectors
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