fall 2024
math 201 · linear algebra
Linear systems, vector spaces, bases and dimension, and the maps between them.
- syllabus
- Syllabus
- meetings
- MWF 9-9:50 in Lib 340
- office hours
- M 15-16 & Th 13-14 in Lib 306
- discussion
- Zulip channel
- submissions
- Gradescope
- course assistant
- Pranay Pingali
- problem session
- MTh 6-7pm in Lib 204
- drop-in tutoring
- SuMWTh 19-21 in Lib 204
jump to this week ↓43 meetings
week 2
wed sep 11
- Vector spaces, One.II.1, Two.I.1
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week 3
wed sep 18
- Bases, Two.III.1
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week 4
mon sep 23
- Condorcet's voting paradox, Two.Topic: Voting Paradoxes, Exam 1 distributed via Zulip
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wed sep 25
- Row space & column space, Two.III.3, Exam 2 due
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week 5
mon sep 30
- Image, kernel, & rank-nullity, Three.I.1-2, Three.II.2
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wed oct 2
- Isomorphisms, Three.I.1-2, Three.II.2
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week 6
mon oct 7
- Matrices & linear transformations II, Three.III.2
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wed oct 9
- Matrix inversion, Three.IV.4
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week 7
mon oct 14
- Determinants, Four.I.1-2
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wed oct 16
- Determinants & transpose, Four.I.1-2
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week 9
mon nov 4
- Diagonalization, Five.II.3
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wed nov 6
- Linear differential equations (optional)
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week 10
mon nov 11
- Walks on graphs, Exam 2 distributed via Zulip
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wed nov 13
- Inner product spaces, Exam 2 due via Gradescope
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fri nov 15
- Length, projection, & angles
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week 11
mon nov 18
- Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization
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week 12
mon nov 25
- Principal component analysis, presentation proposal due (google form on Zulip)
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wed nov 27
- Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
fri nov 29
- Thanksgiving holiday
week 14
mon dec 9
- Presentations
wed dec 11
- Presentations
fri dec 13review
- Review session 2-3pm in Lib 340
finals week
mon dec 16final
- Final exam distributed
wed dec 18final
- Final exam due