MATH 220 - Matrices
Fall
Semester 2012
Tentative Semester Schedule
Note that this schedule of lectures and activities is subject to change!
| Date | Material or Activity |
| Aug 28 | 1.1 - Systems of Linear Equations |
| Aug 30 | 1.1 - Systems of Linear Equations 1.2 - Row Reduction and Echelon Forms |
| Sep 4 | 1.2 - Row Reduction and Echelon Forms |
| Sep 6 | 1.3 - Vector Equations |
| Sep 11 | 1.3 - Vector Equations 1.4 - The Matrix Equation Ax = b |
| Sep 13 | 1.5 - Solution Sets of Linear Systems |
| Sep 18 | 1.7 - Linear Independence |
| Sep 20 | 1.8 - Introduction to Linear Transformations |
| Sep 25 | 1.9 - The Matrix of a Linear Transformation |
| Sep 27 | 2.1 - Matrix Operations |
| Oct 2 | 2.2 - The Inverse of a Matrix |
| Oct 4 | 2.3 - Characterizations of Invertible Matrices |
| Oct 9 | 2.8 - Subspaces of Rn |
| Oct 11 | 2.8 - Subspaces of Rn 2.9 - Dimensions and Rank |
| Oct 16 | 2.9 - Dimensions and Rank |
| Oct 18 | 3.1 - Introduction to Determinants |
| Oct 23 | Review Day Midterm (6:30pm - 7:45pm) |
| Oct 25 | 3.2 - Properties of the Determinants plus Cramer's Rule from Section 3.3 |
| Oct 30 | 5.1 - Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors |
| Nov 1 | 5.1 - Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors |
| Nov 6 | 5.2 - The Characteristic Equation |
| Nov 8 | 5.3 - Diagonalization |
| Nov 13 | 6.1 - Inner Product, Length, and
Orthogonality |
| Nov 15 | 6.2 - Orthogonal Sets |
| Nov 20 | No class - Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Nov 22 | No class - Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Nov 27 | 6.3 - Orthogonal Projections |
| Nov 29 | 6.4 - The Gram-Schmidt Process (no QR Factorization) |
| Dec 4 | 7.1 - Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices, Spectral Theorem |
| Dec 6 | 7.1 - Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices, Spectral Theorem |
| Dec 11 | Review for Final Exam |
| Dec 13 | Review for Final Exam |
| Dec 17 | Final Exams |
| Dec 18 | Final Exams |
| Dec 19 | Final Exams |
| Dec 20 | Final Exams |
| Dec 21 | Final Exams |
DO NOT plan to leave campus before the finals week is
completed.