This is a rough plan only and there will be changes throughout
the semester. • indicates the approximate difficulty level |
textbook
problems (p1 = practice problem #1; 1.s - supplementary exercise chapter
1) to check your answers, bring them to office hours or email a photo to Dr. Pang |
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Monday | Thursday | check your understanding | skill | * conceptual, medium difficulty | * conceptual, challenging | out of syllabus, for interest | ||
Week 1 | 5 September | •1.1 solving system of linear equations (matrix notation), examples of uniqueness/ existence | •1.2 RREF algorithm | 1.1: p1, 23ab, 24abcd 1.2: 2, 5, 6, 15, 16, 21, 22abcde, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29-31 |
1.1: p2-4,1-4, 7-18,
20-22 1.2: p2, p3, 3, 4, 7-14, 19, 20 |
1.1: 25-32 | ||
Week 2 | 12 September | •1.3 vectors, span | ||||||
Week 3 | 19 September | ••1.4 matrix-vector multiplication, existence of solutions theorem | ••1.5 parametric description of solutions, null space | |||||
Week 4 | 26 September | •••1.7 linear independence | •••1.7 linear independence, column space | |||||
Week 5 | 3 October | ••1.8-1.9 linear trasformations, matrix of a linear transformation | •1.8 examples of linear transformations, ••1.9, one-to-one and kernel | |||||
Week 6 | 10 October | •2.1 matrix operations | ••2.2 inverse of a matrix | |||||
Week 7 | 17 October | •••2.2, 2.3 invertible matrix theorem | •3.1-3.3 properties of determinants | |||||
Week 8 | 24 October | •••2.8 subspaces, bases | •2.8 bases for null space, column space, row space | |||||
Week 9 | 31 October | •••2.9 dimension, basis theorem | •••2.9 rank | |||||
Week 10 | 7 November | •5.1, 5.2 eigenvectors and eigenvalues | ••5.3 diagonalisation | |||||
Week 11 | 14 November | •6.1 inner product, length, orthogonality, pythagoras theorem, orthogonal complements | ••6.5, 6.6 least squares, application to regression | |||||
Week 12 | 21 November | •••6.2, 6.3 orthogonal sets, orthogonal projections | •••6.3 orthogonal projections as a linear transformation, •6.4 gram schmidt | |||||
Week 13 | 28 November | ••6.2 orthogonal matrices | •••abstract vector spaces |