Winter 2011: MAT 22A - Linear Algebra

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Course Information

• Instructor: Dan Romik
• Lectures: MWF 5:10-6:00 at Young 198
• Office hours: F 11:00-11:50, F 1:10-2:00, MSB 2218
• TAs: Dustin Mayeda, Chuan Qin, Jing Xia

Course Description

An undergraduate linear algebra course covering: linear systems, vectors and linear transformations, solving linear systems, solution sets, vector spaces, matrices, matrix properties, inverse matrices, LU decomposition, elementary matrices and determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, subspaces, spanning sets, linear independence, bases and dimension, diagonalization, orthonormal bases, diagonalizing symmetric matrices, kernel rank and range, orthogonal complements, Gram-Schmidt, and least squares.

Textbook

Linear Algebra in Twenty Five Lectures by Tom Denton and Andrew Waldron (free lecture notes). Supplementary texts: Linear Algebra by Jim Hefferon and A First Course in Linear Algebra by Rob Beezer (both free online).

Grading

• WeBWorK homework -- 20%
• Written homework -- 20%
• Two midterm exams (10% each) -- 20%
• Final exam -- 40%

Exams

• First midterm -- Wednesday, January 26
• Second midterm -- Wednesday, February 16
• Final exam -- Wednesday, March 16, 3:30-5:30 PM

Resources

• Final exam practice questions (PDF)
• Final exam practice solutions (PDF)