Ma1b Practical (Linear Algebra)
Section 1: Thu, 10:00 am, 151 Sloan
Section 4: Thu, 01:00 pm, 151 SloanContact information
Ilian Gachevski
260 Sloan, x4340
ilian@caltech.eduOffice hours: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 pm in 257 Sloan or by appointment.
I will hold office hours on Monday, 02/16 instead of Sunday, Feb 02/15.
Notes and handouts
- Handout 1 - 01/08 - Linear systems, Gaussian elimination, vectors.
- Handout 2 - 01/15 - Matrix algebra, inverse matrices.
- Handout 3 - 01/22 - Determinants.
- Handout 4 - 01/29 - Determinants and inverses, vector spaces, spans.
- Handout 5 - 02/05 - Midterm mini-review quiz. [ Answers ]
- Handout 6 - 02/12 - Linear independence, basis and dimension, rank.
- Handout 7 - 02/19 - Linear transformations, change of basis.
- Handout 8 - 02/26 - Range and kernel, rank-nullity theorem, composition of linear maps.
- Handout 9 - 03/04 - Inner products, cross products, orthogonality.
Homework assignments
- Problem Set 1 - due on Mon, 01/12/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 2 - due on Tue, 01/20/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 3 - due on Mon, 01/26/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 4 - due on Mon, 02/02/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 5 - due on Tue, 02/17/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 6 - due on Mon, 02/23/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 7 - due on Mon, 03/01/04 at noon -> [Solution]
- Problem Set 8 - due on Mon, 03/08/04 at noon -> [Solution]
Interesting links
- Gilbert Strang's linear algebra lectures on video from MIT
- Mathematica documentation.
- linear algebra notes and exercises by Keith Matthews
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