Plan, Mat 225, Fall 2005

Day Date Activity
Mon 8/22 Welcome: Intro
Wed 8/24 1.1: Systems of Linear Equations
Fri 8/26 1.2: Row Reduction and Echelon Forms
Mon 8/29 1.3: Vector Equations
Wed 8/31 Problems
Fri 9/2 1.4: The matrix equations Ax=b
Mon 9/5 No class (Labor Day)
Wed 9/7 1.5: Solution Sets of Linear Systems
Fri 9/9 1.7: Linear Independence
Mon 9/12 Problems
Wed 9/14 1.8: Linear Transformations
Fri 9/16 2.1: Matrix Operations
Mon 9/19 2.2: Inverse of a Matrix
Wed 9/21 Problems
Fri 9/23 2.3: Characterizations of Invertible Matrices
Mon 9/26 2.4/2.5: Matrix Factorizations
Wed 9/28 Elements of Chapter 3 (the determinant)
Fri 9/30 Problems
Mon 10/3 Test 1 (through chapter 2)
Wed 10/5 4.1: Vector Spaces and Subspaces
Fri 10/7 4.2: Null Spaces, Column Spaces, and Linear Transformations
Mon 10/10 4.3: Linearly Independent Sets; Bases
Wed 10/12 Problems
Fri 10/14 4.4: Coordinate Systems (Project 1 due)
Mon 10/17 No class (Fall Break)
Wed 10/19 4.5: Dimension of a Vector Space
Fri 10/21 4.6: Rank
Mon 10/24 Problems
Wed 10/26 5.1: Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
Fri 10/28 5.2: The Characteristic Equations
Mon 10/31 5.3: Diagonalization
Wed 11/2 Problems
Fri 11/4 Example application(s)
Mon 11/7 6.1: Inner Product, Length, and Orthogonality
Wed 11/9 6.2: Orthogonal Sets
Fri 11/11 Problems
Mon 11/14 Test 2 (through chapter 5)
Wed 11/16 6.3: Orthogonal Projections
Fri 11/18 6.5: Least-Squares Problems
Mon 11/21 7.1: Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices (Project 2 due)
Wed 11/23 No class (Thanksgiving Break)
Fri 11/25 No class (Thanksgiving Break)
Mon 11/28 Problems
Wed 11/30 7.2: Quadratic Forms
Fri 12/2 7.3: Constrained Optimization
Mon 12/5 7.4/7.5: the Singular Value Decomposition
Wed 12/7 Problems
Fri 12/9 Review/Evaluations
Fri 12/16 Final, 10:10-12:10

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