Math 24
Honors Linear Algebra
Last updated July 18, 2017 09:28:21 EDT

General Information Syllabus HW Assignments Documents

Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. This page will be updated irregularly.
On the other hand, the weekly syllabus contained in the Homework Assignments page will always be accurate.

The Documents page has links to the questionnaire assigned on Monday, January 6, as well as the notes we used in class.
Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
1/6   Introduction
1/8 1.1-1.2 Vector Spaces
1/9 (x-hour)   Introduction to Proofs
1/10 1.3 Subspaces
1/13 1.4 Linear Equations
1/15 1.5 Linear Dependence
1/16 (x-hour) optional x-hour Proof by Mathematical Induction
1/17 1.6 Bases and Dimension
1/20   No class today; Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
1/22   Chapter 1 overview
1/23 (x-hour) 2.1 Linear Transformations
1/24 2.2 Matrices and Linear Transformations
1/27 2.3 Composition of Linear Transformations
1/29 2.4 Isomorphisms
1/30 (x-hour) optional x-hour Cosets, etc.
1/31 2.5 Change of Coordinates
2/3   Chapter 2 overview
2/3   Midterm exam distributed
2/5 3.1 Matrices
2/6 (x-hour) 3.2 Rank of a Matrix
2/6   Midterm exam due 4 PM
2/7   No class today; Winter Carnival
2/10 3.3 Systems of LInear Equations
2/12 3.4 Systems of Linear Equations
2/13 (x-hour)    
2/14 4.1-4.2 Determinants
2/17 4.3-4.4 Determinants
2/19 5.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
2/20 (x-hour) optional Markov Chains
2/21 5.2 Diagonalizability
2/24 6.1 Inner Products and Norms
2/26 6.1 Inner Products and Norms
2/27 (x-hour) 6.2 Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization
2/28 6.3 Adjoints
3/3 6.4 Normal and Self-Adjoint Operators
3/5 6.5-6.6 Spectral Theorem
3/5   Take-home final distributed
3/6 (x-hour) 5.4 Cayley-Hamilton Theorem
3/7   Last day of class; last day to turn in homework
3/10   In-class final 3 PM
3/11   Take-home final due at noon


Marcia J. Groszek
Last updated July 18, 2017 09:28:21 EDT