Course Plan for Linear Algebra I

The following course plan is preliminary.

Lecture Date Content Chapters Recommended Exercises
1 October 12 Introduction, Systems of linear equations 1.1 1.1: 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15
2 October 19 Matrices, Vectors, Dot product 1.2, Appendix A 1.1: 19, 21, 27, Handout: 1, 2, 3
3 October 26 Lines and planes Handout Handout: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
4 November 2 Gauss-Jordan elimination 1.2 1.2: 5, 7, 11, 25, 27, 35, 41
5 November 9 Solutions to systems of linear equations 1.3 1.3: 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 25, 55
6 November 16 Linear transformations 2.1 2.1: 1, 5, 7, 17, 21, 25, 27, 39, 49
7 November 23 Midterm Exam
8 November 30 Linear transformations and geometry 2.2 2.2: 3, 7, 9, 21, 23, 29
9 December 7 Matrix multiplication 2.3 2.3: 1, 5, 11, 13, 55, 63
10 December 14 Matrix inverse 2.4 2.4: 7, 11, 13, 29, 35, 43
11 December 21 Determinants 6.1 6.1: 3, 5, 7, 17, 23, 27, 31, 35
12 January 11 Properties of determinants 6.2 6.2: 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 29
13 January 18 Geometric interpretation of determinants 6.3 6.3: 1, 3, 7, 23, 25, 33
14 January 25 Review 1, 2, 6
15 February 1 Final Exam