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

Autumn 2026. Tentative Daily Schedule

8/26 (Wed) Class 1.
Introduction. Systems of linear equations. (Sec.1.1)
8/28 (Fri) Class 2.
Elementary row operations. (Sec.1.1)
8/31 (Mon) Class 3.
Echelon Form and Gaussian-Jordan Elimination.(Sec.1.2).
9/02 (Wed) Class 4.
Consistent Systems of linear Equations. (Sec.1.3).
9/04 (Fri) Class 5.
Matrix Operations.
(Sec.1.5).
9/07 (Mon)
NO CLASSES. Labor Day.
9/09 (Wed) Class 6.
Algebraic Properties of Matrix operations. (Sec.1.6).
9/11 (Fri) Class 7.
Linear Independence and Nonsingular Matrices. (Sec.1.7).
9/14(Mon) Class 8.
Matrix Inverses and Their Properties. (Sec.1.9)
9/16 (Wed) Class 9.
Review for midterm 1.
9/18 (Fri) Class 10.
Midterm #1.
9/21 (Mon) Class 11.
Vectors in Plane and in Space. (Sec.2.1,2.2)
9/23 (Wed) Class 12.
The Dot Product. (Sec.2.3)
9/25 (Fri) Class 13.
The Cross Product. (Sec.2.3)
9/28 (Mon) Class 14.
Introduction to Vector Spaces. (Sec.3.1)
9/30 (Wed) Class 15.
Vector Space Properties of Rn. (Sec.3.2)
10/02 (Fri) Class 16.
Examples of Subspaces. (Sec.3.3)
10/05 (Mon) Class 17.
Bases for Subspaces.
(Sec.3.4)
10/07 (Wed) Class 18.
Dimension. (Sec.3.5)
10/09 (Fri) Class 19.
Vector Spaces. (Sec.5.2).
10/12 (Mon) Class 20.
Subspaces. (Sec.5.3)
10/14 (Wed) Class 21.
Linear Independence and Bases. (Sec.5.4)
10/16 (Fri)
NO CLASSES. Autumn Break.
10/19 (Mon) Class 22.
Coordinates. (Sec.5.4)
10/21 (Wed) Class 23.
Orthogonal Bases for Subspaces. (Sec.3.6)
10/23 (Fri) Class 24.
Inner-Product Spaces, Orthogonal Bases.
(Sec.5.6)
10/26 (Mon) Class 25.
Linear Transformations from Rn to Rm. (Sec.3.7)
10/283 (Wed) Class 26.
Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.7)
10/30 (Fri) Class 27.
Operations with Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.8)
11/02 (Mon) Class 28.
Matrix Representations for Linear Transformations. (Sec.5.9)
11/04 (Wed) Class 29.
Review for midterm 2.
11/06 (Fri) Class 30.
Midterm #2.
11/09 (Mon) Class 31.
Introduction to Determinants. (Sec.6.1)
11/11 (Wed)
NO CLASSES. Veterans Day observed.
11/13 (Fri) Class 32.
Cofactor Expansions of Determinants. (Sec.6.2)
11/16 (Mon) Class 33.
Elementary operations and Determinants. (Sec.6.3)
11/18 (Wed) Class 34.
Cramer's Rule. (Sec.6.4)
11/20 (Fri) Class 35.
The Eigenvalue Problem for 2x2 Matrices. (Sec.4.1)
11/23 (Mon) Class 36.
Determinants and the Eigenvalue Problem. (Sec.4.2,4.3)
11/25 (Wed)
NO CLASSES. Thanksgiving.
11/27 (Fri)
NO CLASSES. Columbus Day observed.
11/30 (Mon) Class 37.
Eigenvalues and Characteristic Polynomial. (Sec.4.4)
12/02 (We) Class 38.
Eigenvectors and Eigenspaces. (Sec.4.5)
12/04 (Fri) Class 39.
Complex Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. (Sec.4.6)
12/07 (Mon) Class 40.
Similarity Transformations and Diagonalization. (Sec.4.7)
12/09 (Wed) Class 41.
Review for the final.
12/16 (Wed)
FINAL, 2:00 - 3:45 PM