Syllabus for 18.

06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2012

MWF 11-12 Room 54-100 Text: Introduction to Linear Algebra, 4th Edition, Gilbert Strang The three midterm exams will be held in Walker during lecture hours: Closed-Book. All grading is by your recitation instructor! W F M W F T W F M W F M W F M W F M W F M-F M W F M W F M W F M W F M W F M W F M W 2/8 2/10 2/13 2/15 2/17 2/21 2/22 2/24 2/27 2/29 3/2 3/5 3/7 3/9 3/12 3/14 3/16 3/19 3/21 3/23 3/26-30 4/2 4/4 4/6 4/9 4/11 4/13 4/16 4/18 4/20 4/23 4/25 4/27 4/30 5/2 5/4 5/7 5/9 5/11 5/14 5/16 The Geometry of Linear Equations Elimination with Matrices Matrix Operations and Inverses LU and LDU Factorization Transposes and Permutations Vector Spaces and Subspaces The Nullspace: Solving Ax = 0 Rectangular P A = LU and Ax = b Row Reduced Echelon Form Basis and Dimension The Four Fundamental Subspaces Graphs and Networks Orthogonality Exam 1: Chapters 1 to 3.5 Projections and Subspaces Least Squares Approximations Gram-Schmidt and A = QR Properties of Determinants Formulas for Determinants Applications of Determinants HOLIDAY Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Diagonalization Markov Matrices Review for Exam 2 Exam 2: Chapters 15, 6.1, 8.2 Dierential Equations HOLIDAY Symmetric Matrices Positive Denite Matrices Matrices in Engineering Similar Matrices Singular Value Decomposition Fourier Series, FFT, Complex Matrices Linear Transformations Course Review Exam 3: Chapters 16, 8.1, 2, 3, 5 Choice of Basis Linear Programming Numerical Linear Algebra Computational Science Final Exam 1.12.1 2.22.3 2.42.5 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.33.4 3.33.4 3.5 3.6 8.2 4.1 (and Review) 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 8.3

6.3 6.4 6.5 8.1 6.6 6.7 8.5, 10.210.3 7.17.2

7.3 8.4 9.19.3 18.085