INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Aissa Wade
Office: 317 McAllister
Phone: (814) 865-7311
E-mail: wadeATmath.psu.edu
Office Hours (Spring 2008): WF 4:00 - 5:00 and by
appointment.
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| Date | Section |
| January 15
January 17 |
Introduction - Section 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations
Section 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations - Section 1.2 |
| January 22
January 24 |
Section 1.2: Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
Section 1.3: Vector Equations |
| January 29
January 31 |
In-class quiz - Section 1.4:
The Matrix Equation Ax=b
Section 1.4: The Matrix Equation Ax=b - Section 1.5 |
| February 5
February 7 |
Section 1.5: Solution Sets of Linear Systems
- Section 1.6
Section 1.7: Linear Independence - Section 1.7 |
| February 12
February 14 |
Section 1.8: Introduction to Linear Transformations
Section 1.9: The Matrix of a Linear Transformation |
| February 19
February 21 |
Section 2.1: Matrix Operations - In-class quiz
Section 2.2: The Inverse of a Matrix |
| February 26
February 28 |
Section 2.3: Characterizations of Invertible Matrices
Section 2.8: Linear Subspaces |
| March 4
March 5 |
Review for the midterm exam
Midterm Exam |
| March 6
March 11 | Section 2.8: Linear Subspaces
No class -Spring break |
| March 18
March 20 | Section 2.9: Dimension and Rank
Section 2.9: Dimension and Rank - Section 3.1 |
| March 25
March 27 | Section 3.1: Introduction to Determinants -
In-class quiz
Section 3.2: Properties of Determinants - Cramer's Rule |
| April 1
April 3 | Section 5.1: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Section 5.2: The Characteristic Equation |
| April 8
April 10 | Section 5.3: Diagonalization
Section 5.5: Complex Eigenvalues |
| April 15
April 17 | Section 6.1: Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality
- In-class quiz
Section 6.2: Orthogonal Sets |
| April 22
April 24 | Section 6.3: Orthogonal Projections
Section 6.4: The Gram-Schmidt Process |
| April 29
May 1 | Section 6.5: Least Squares Problems
Section 7.1 - Review |