MATH 121
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND MATRIX THEORY
Syllabus
Spring, 2009
- Instructor: Dr. Michael Slattery
- Office: CU 309
Phone: 288-6595
Email: mikes (a) mscs.mu.edu
Office hours: Mon 2-3, Wed 10-11, Thurs 11-12.
Please feel free to set up an appointment with me if
these times are inconvenient.
Website: www.mscs.mu.edu/~mikes/121/
Textbook: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction, 2nd by David Poole
Grading:
15% in-class exam on Friday, Feb 13
15% in-class exam on Wednesday, Mar 25
20% 2 hour final exam on Tuesday, May 5 at 8:00AM
50% Homework
Topics:
- Introduction/ Racetrack Game - Section 1.0
- Vectors, Lines, and Planes - Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
- Error-Detecting Codes - Section 1.4
- Systems of Linear Equations - Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
- Electrical Networks/ Linear Games - Section 2.4
- Matrices - Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
- Subspaces/ Dimension - Section 3.5
- Linear Transformations - Section 3.6
- Population Growth/ Error-Correcting Codes - Section 3.7
- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors - Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
- Diagonalization - Section 4.4
- Computing Eigenvalues - Section 4.5
- Population Growth/ Systems of Diff Eqs - Section 4.6
- Orthogonality - Section 5.1, 5.2
- Computing Orthonormal Bases - Section 5.3
- Real Symmetric Matrices - Section 5.4
- Dual Codes - Section 5.5
- Least Squares Approximation - Section 7.3