| Week 1 [Sept 2, 4] |
Introduction to Numbers and Vectors |
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W: course introduction, number systems incl. complex numbers,
induction (Appendices A, B, C - up to page 652) F: proof by induction continued (Appendix B) |
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| Week 2 [Sept. 7, 9, 11] |
Matrices |
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M: vector arithmetic (1.1), dot product (1.2),
matrices and matrix operations (3.1) W: more on matrices, matrix algebra (3.1, 3.2) F: properties of transpose, special types of matrices (3.2) |
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| Week 3 [Sept. 14, 16, 18] |
Systems of Linear Equations |
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M: inverse of a matrix (3.3) W: intro to systems of equations (2.1) F: methods for solving linear systems (2.2) |
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| Week 4 [Sept. 21, 23, 25] Exam 1 |
Applications of Solving Linear Systems |
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M: more on solving linear systems, rank, homogeneous systems (2.2) W: span and linear independence (2.3) F: matrix inverses, revisited, and fundamental theorem of inverses (3.3) and exam out |
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| Week 5 [Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 2] |
Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations |
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M: subspaces, bases, dimension and rank (3.5) W: linear transformations (3.6) F: determinants (4.2) and discussion of exam |
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| Week 6 [Oct. 5, 7, 9] |
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors |
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M: determinants cont. (4.2) and cross product, W: introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors (4.1, 4.3) F: eigenvalues and eigenvectors (4.3) |
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| Week 7 [Oct. 12, 14, 16] Exam 2 |
Similarity and Diagonalization |
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M: similarity and diagonalization (4.4) W: course conclusions, review and exam out F: fun topic |
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