Approximate Syllabus 
Math 250:C2     Spring 2010

Section numbers refer to Elementary Linear algebra: A Matrix Approach, 2nd Edition, by Spence, Insel, and Friedberg.

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Date Sections Topics
1/20 1.1, 1.2 Matrices, vectors, and linear combinations
1/25 1.3 Systems of linear equations
1/27 1.4 Gaussian elimination
2/01 1.6 Span of a set of vectors
   MATLAB Lab 1 due
2/03 1.7 Linear dependence and linear independence
2/08 1.7,2.1 Homogeneous systems, matrix multiplication
2/10 2.1 Matrix algebra
2/15 2.3
Appendix E
Invertibility and elementary matrices
Uniqueness of the reduced row echelon form
   MATLAB Lab 2 due
2/17 2.4,2.5 Inverse of a matrix, partitioned matrices
2/22 2.6 LU decomposition
2/24 EXAM 1 All material covered through lecture of 2/17
3/01 3.1 Determinants; cofactor expansions
3/03 3.2 Properties of determinants
3/08 4.1 Subspaces; column, row, and null spaces of a matrix
   MATLAB Lab 3 due
3/10 4.2 Bases and dimension
3/22 4.3 Bases and dimensions of column, row, and null spaces
3/24 5.1 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
3/29 5.2 Characteristic polynomial
   MATLAB Lab 4 due
3/31 5.3 Diagonalization of a matrix
4/05 5.5 Examples of diagonalization
4/07 EXAM 2 All material covered through lecture of 4/05
4/12 6.1 Geometry of vectors; projections
   MATLAB Lab 5 due
4/14 6.2 Orthogonal sets of vectors; Gram-Schmidt process; QR factorization
4/19 6.3 Orthogonal projection; orthogonal complements
4/21 6.4 Least squares; normal equations
4/26 6.5,6.6 Orthogonal matrices; diagonalization of symmetric matrices
4/28 6.6 Spectral decomposition for symmetric matrices; diagonalization of quadratic forms
5/03   Catch-up and review
   MATLAB Lab 6 due
5/12 FINAL EXAM 12:00 P.M.--3:00 P.M., Room to be announced