MATH 231 Syllabus



Here is a version of the course syllabus (subject to change):

DateTopicSection
8/31Systems of linear equations 1.1, 1.2
9/2Gauss-Jordan elimination 1.2
9/7Intro to matrix algebra 1.3, 1.4
9/9Elementary matrices and invertibility 1.5
9/14More on solutions of linear equations 1.6
9/21Some special matrices 1.7
9/23The determinant function, evaluating det 2.1, 2.2
9/28Properties of det 2.3
9/30Cramer's rule 2.4
10/5First Midterm -
10/7Vectors in R2 and R3 3.1, 3.2
10/12The Euclidean space Rn 4.1
10/14Linear maps between Euclidean spaces 4.2
10/19General vector spaces 5.1
10/21Subspaces 5.2
10/26Linear independence 5.3
10/28Basis and dimension 5.4
11/2Basis and dimension (cont.) 5.4
11/4Row, column and nullspace of a matrix 5.5
11/9Rank and nullity 5.6
11/11Review Session -
11/16Second Midterm -
11/18Inner product spaces 6.1, 6.2
11/23Orthonormal bases 6.3
11/30Eigenvalues and eigenvectors 7.1
12/2Diagonalization 7.2
12/7Linear maps between vector spaces 8.1
12/9Kernel, range and inverse of a linear map 8.2, 8.3

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