Math 2568: Linear Algebra. (Instructor: Sergei Chmutov)

Autumn 2023. Tentative Daily Schedule

8/23 (Wed)
Introduction. Systems of linear equations. (Sec.1.1)
8/25 (Fri)
Elementary row operations. (Sec.1.1)
8/28 (Mon)
Echelon Form and Gaussian-Jordan Elimination.(Sec.1.2).
8/30 (Wed)
Consistent Systems of linear Equations. (Sec.1.3).
9/01 (Fri)
Matrix Operations.
(Sec.1.5).
9/04 (Mon)
NO CLASSES. Labor Day.
9/06 (Wed)
Algebraic Properties of Matrix operations. (Sec.1.6).
9/08 (Fri)
Linear Independence and Nonsingular Matrices. (Sec.1.7).
9/11(Mon)
Matrix Inverses and Their Properties. (Sec.1.9)
9/13 (Wed)
Review for midterm 1.
9/15 (Fri)
Midterm #1.
9/18 (Mon)
Vectors in Plane and in Space. (Sec.2.1,2.2)
9/20 (Wed)
The Dot Product. (Sec.2.3)
9/22 (Fri)
The Cross Product. (Sec.2.3)
9/25 (Mon)
Introduction to Vector Spaces. (Sec.3.1)
9/27 (Wed)
Vector Space Properties of Rn. (Sec.3.2)
9/29 (Fri)
Examples of Subspaces. (Sec.3.3)
10/02 (Mon)
Bases for Subspaces.
(Sec.3.4)
10/04 (Wed)
Dimension. (Sec.3.5)
10/06 (Fri)
Vector Spaces. (Sec.5.2).
10/9 (Mon)
Subspaces. (Sec.5.3)
10/11 (Wed)
Linear Independence and Bases. (Sec.5.4)
10/13 (Fri)
NO CLASSES. Autumn Break.
10/16 (Mon)
Coordinates. (Sec.5.4)
10/18 (Wed)
Orthogonal Bases for Subspaces. (Sec.3.6)
10/20 (Fri)
Inner-Product Spaces, Orthogonal Bases.
(Sec.5.6)
10/23 (Mon)
Linear Transformations from Rn to Rm. (Sec.3.7)
10/25 (Wed)
Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.7)
10/27 (Fri)
Operations with Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.8)
10/30 (Mon)
Matrix Representations for Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.9)
11/01 (Wed)
Review for midterm 2.
11/03 (Fri)
Midterm #2.
11/06 (Mon)
Introduction to Determinants. (Sec.6.1)
11/08 (Wed)
Cofactor Expansions of Determinants. (Sec.6.2)
11/10 (Fri)
NO CLASSES. Veterans Day observed.
11/13 (Mon)
Elementary operations and Determinants. (Sec.6.3)
11/15 (Wed)
. Cramer's Rule. (Sec.6.4)
11/17 (Fri)
The Eigenvalue Problem for 2x2 Matrices. (Sec.4.1)
11/20 (Mon)
Determinants and the Eigenvalue Problem. (Sec.4.2,4.3)
11/22 (Wed)
NO CLASSES. Thanksgiving.
11/24 (Fri)
NO CLASSES. Columbus Day observed.
11/27 (Mon)
Eigenvalues and Characteristic Polynomial. (Sec.4.4)
11/29 (We)
Eigenvectors and Eigenspaces. (Sec.4.5)
12/01 (Fri)
Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. (Sec.4.6)
12/04 (Mon)
Similarity Transformations and Diagonalization. (Sec.4.7)
12/06 (Wed)
Review for the final.
12/08 (Fri)
12/11 (Mon)
FINAL, 10:00 - 11:45 AM