01:640:250. INTRODUCTORY LINEAR ALGEBRA (3) Prerequisite: CALC2. Systems of linear equations, Gaussian elimination, matrices and determinants, vectors in two- and three-dimensional Euclidean space, vector spaces, introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Possible additional topics: systems of linear inequalities and systems of differential equations.
More about the course and its history can be found from the main course page.
The textbook for this course is Gilbert Strang; Introduction to Linear Algebra (second edition); Wellesley-Cambridge Press 1998; (ISBN# 0-9614088-5-5)
A suggested syllabus and list of homework problems has been prepared.