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  • Syllabus ( Updated version due to coronavirus outbreak)

  •   Date Topic Section Problem Sets Solutions
    Lecture 1 Jan 13 Logistics, Vector spaces (an informal discussion) 1.1 Problem Set 1 Problem Set 1 Solutions
    Lecture 2 Jan 15 Vector spaces 1.2
    Lecture 3 Jan 17 Linear subspaces 1.3
    Lecture 4 1/22 Linear combinations and generating sets 1.4 Problem Set 2 Problem Set 2 Solutions
    Lecture 5 Jan 24 Basis I 1.5
    Lecture 6 Jan 27 Basis II 1.6 Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3 Solutions
    Lecture 7 Jan 29 Linear Transformations, Kernel and Image 2.1
    Lecture 8 Jan 31 Dimension Theorem 2.1
    Lecture 9 Feb 3 Matrix representation of linear transformations 2.2 Problem Set 4 Problem Set 4 Solutions
    Lecture 10 Feb 5 Composition of linear transformations, multiplication of matrices 2.3
    Lecture 11 Feb 7 Invertible linear transformations 2.4
    Lecture 12 Feb 10 Change of coordinate matrices 2.5 Midterm I Midterm I Solutions
    Midterm I Feb 12 NA NA
    Lecture 13 Feb 14 Change of coordinate matrices, invertible matrices 2.5 Take-Home Exam I
    Lecture 14 Feb 17 Systems of linear equations, elementary row operations 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 Problem Set 5
    Lecture 15 Feb 19 Systems of linear equations, reduced row echelon form 3.1, 3.4
    Lecture 16 Feb 21 Reduced row echelon form and Gaussian elimination 3.4
    Lecture 17 Feb 24 Image and RREF, column operations 3.1, 3.4 Problem Set 6
    Lecture 18 Feb 26 Rank, row space and column space 3.2
    Lecture 19 Feb 28 Rank and inverse of matrices 3.2, 3.4
    Lecture 20 March 2 Determinant I 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Problem Set 7
    Lecture 21 March 4 Determinant II 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
    Lecture 22 March 6 Determinant III 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
    Lecture 23 March 23 Determinant III 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Problem Set 8
    Lecture 24 March 25 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors 5.1
    Lecture 25 March 27 Diagonalization I 5.2
    Lecture 26 March 30 Diagonalization II 5.2 Take-Home Exam II
    Lecture 27 April 1 Diagonalization III 5.2
    Lecture 28 April 3 T-invariant subspaces 5.3
    Lecture 29 April 6 Cayley-Hamilton Theorem 5.3 Problem Set 9
    Lecture 30 April 8 Inner product spaces 6.1
    Lecture 31 April 10 Cauchy-Schwartz inequality and orthogonal sets 6.1
    Lecture 32 April 13 Orthonormal bases 6.2 Problem Set 10
    Lecture 33 April 15 Orthogonal complements 6.2
    Lecture 34 April 17 Adjoint of linear transformations I 6.3
    Lecture 35 April 20 Adjoint of linear transformations II 6.3
    Lecture 36 April 22 Normal operators 6.4
    Lecture 37 April 24 Orthogonal and Hermitian operators 6.4, 6.5