Math 518   -   Schedule


Lec. Date Sections/pages covered Topics
1 1/12 Sec.2, pp.16-19 Review: Notations, math. induction, fields.
Vector spaces: definition and examples.
2 1/14 pp. 19-23, 26-28,
Sec.4 #7,8
Vector spaces: properties, a geometric interpretation.
Subspaces, generators, intersections and unions of subspaces.
- 1/19 - MLK Day -
3 1/21 pp. 29-32, Sec. 5 Linear dependence and independence.
Basis and dimension.
4 1/26 p.35, Sec.6 Basis and dimension.
Row equivalence of matrices -- definition and applications.
5 1/28 Sec.6, 7 Row equivalence of matrices -- general statements.
Some theorems about finitely generated vector spaces.
6 2/2 Sec.8: pp.53-56 Systems of linear equations.
Nonhomogeneous case: general statements.
7 2/4 Sec.8: pp.57-61;
Sec.9
Nonomogeneous case: examples.
Systems of homogeneous equations.
8 2/9 Sec.9
Sec.10: p.69-71
Systems of homogeneous equations.
Linear manifolds: definition and statements.
9 2/11 Sec.10: p.71-73, Ex.3,4
Sec.11: p.75-77
Linear manifolds: proofs and examples; hyperplanes and lines.
Functions. Linear transformations.
10 2/16 Sec.11 p.77-83 Linear transformations.
11 2/18 Sec.11 p.84-86
Sec.12
Isomorphism of vector spaces.
Matrices: review.
12 2/23 Sec.13 p.99-105 Linear transformations and matrices.
13 2/25 Sec.13: p.106
Sec.14
Range and null space of a linear transformation.
The concept of symmetry.
14 3/1 Review
15 3/3 Midterm Exam Covers Chapters 1-3
16 3/8 Sec.15: p.119-122 Inner products.
17 3/10 Sec.15: p.123-128 Orthonormal sets, orthogonal transformations.
- 15-21 - Spring Break -
18 3/22 p.128-129, p.130 #8, etc. Orthogonal matrices. Isometries.
19 3/24 Sec.16
Sec.17 - statements.
Area and volume. Determinants: definition, properties,
calculations; existence and uniqueness.
20 3/29 Sec.18 Multiplication theorem for determinants.
21 3/31 Sec.19 p.150-152,154-160 Further properties of determinants. Permutations
22 4/5 Sec.19 p.152-153
Sec.20
Determinants and systems of equations.
Polynomials.
23 4/7 Sec.21 Complex numbers.
24 4/12
p. 184-185
Proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra.
The space L(V,V): dimension and basis.
25 4/14 Sec.22 Minimal polynomial. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
26 4/19 Characteristic polynomial. Diagonalizable transformations.
27 4/21 Jordan canonical form.
28 4/26 Jordan canonical form.
29 4/28 Review