Professor Gordana G. Todorov
MTH U371 · Linear Algebra · Course Schedule
Spring 2009

* Class and Quiz Schedule

T, May 5 1.1 Linear systems, geometry 1, 7, 10, 20, 21, 34
W, May 6 1.2 Matrices, Gaussian elimination : 2, 4, 5, 7, 18, 20-22, 29-31, 34, 35, 41
Th, May 7 1.3 Solutions and matrices: 1--8, 10-15, 21-32, 34, 36, 47, 55
M, May 11       Quiz 1       2.4 Matrix products: 3, 5, 11, 13, 16-25, 29, 47, 76
T, May 12 2.1 Linear transformations: 1-3, 5, 6, 9, 24-30, 35
W, May 132.3 The inverse of a linear transformation: 1-5, 17, 19, 35-41 (odd only)
Th, May 14      Quiz 2   2.2 Geometry of linear transformations: 1, 4, 6-10, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 49
M, May 18 3.1 Subspaces, images and kernels: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, 23, 25, 33, 35, 42, 44, 46
T, May 193.2 Bases and linear independence: 1, 3, 11-33 (odd only), 24, 34, 37, 39, 46, 49, 52
W, May 203.3 Dimension of a subspace 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27-30, 36-39
Th, May 21       Quiz 3   5.1 Orthonormal bases and projections:1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 27, 35
M, May 25   No classes
T, May 265.1 Orthonormal bases and projections:1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 27, 35
W, May 275.2 Gram-Schmidt process: 5, 7, 19, 21, 33, 35
Th, May 28       Quiz 4   5.2 QR-factorization 5, 7, 19, 21, 33, 35
M, June 1 5.3 Orthogonal matrices 5--8, 13--17, 27--29
T, June 25.4 Least squares & data fitting: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17--25, 31--33
W, June 3 6.1 Determinants: 1-11 (odd only), 17, 27;
Th, June 4       Quiz 5   6.2 Properties of determinants: 1, 6, 24-26, 31
M, June 8 7.1 Eigenvectors, iteration of matrices:1-7, 9 , 15-22, 34
T, June 9 7.2 Finding eigenvalues: 1--13 (odd), 28
W, June 107.3 Finding eigenvectors: 1--13 (odd only), 21, 44, 46
Th, June 11       Quiz 6   7.4 Diagonalization and similarity: 1, 3, 5, 17, 31, 33, 35, 41
M, June 15 7.5 Complex eigenvalues 1, 2, 5, 8, 20, 23 Stability 1, 11, 17; 8.1 Symmetric matrices: 1, 3, 7
T, June 16 8.3 Singular value decomposition: 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14
W, June 17 8.3 Singular value decomposition: 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14
Th, June 18      Quiz 7   Review
June 22, 2009, 8:00 AM, MTHU371 LINALG <<<---->>> FINAL EXAM

* Course Information

CourseMTH U371 · Linear Algebra, Sec. 1, Seq. 4, Key # 04382
InstructorGordana Todorov
Course Web Site    www.math.neu.edu/~todorov/SU109U371LinAlg.html
Time and PlaceMTWTh 3:20-5:00pm, in 15 Snell Library
Office531 Lake Hall
Phone(617) 373-2450
Emailg.todorov@neu.edu
Office HoursMTWTh 12:00-1:00om, or by appointment
TextbookLinear Algebra with Applications, 4/E, by Otto Bretscher, Prentice Hall, 2009
Grade60% in-class exams, 40% final exam


* Class Materials



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