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| Mon | 1/4 | first day business; intro to systems of linear equations | 1.1 | Problem set 1 | solutions |
| Wed | 1/6 | intro to vectors & matrices; Gauss-Jordan elimination | 1.2 |
| Fri | 1/8 | solution sets to systems of linear equations, rank; intro to matrix algebra | 1.3 |
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| M | 1/11 | intro to linear transformations, inverses | 2.1 | Problem set 2 | solutions |
| W | 1/13 | geometric view of linear transformations | 2.2 |
| F | 1/15 | matrix products | 2.3 |
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| M | 1/18 | MLK Day -- no class |
| W | 1/20 | the inverse of a linear transformation | 2.4 | Problem Set 3 | solutions |
| F | 1/22 | image and kernel of a linear transformation | 3.1 |
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| M | 1/25 | canceled -- instructor ill | |
| W | 1/27 | canceled -- instructor ill | |
| F | 1/29 | linear independence, bases, dimension | 3.2 |
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| M | 2/1 | EXAM I (solutions) | Chs. 1-3 | Problem set 4 | solutions |
| W | 2/3 | coordinates & coordinate change | 3.3 & 3.4 |
| F | 2/5 | vector spaces and linear transformations -- the abstract approach | 4.1 & 4.2 | Problem set 5 | solutions |
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| M | 2/8 | matrices and linear transformations | 4.3 |
| W | 2/10 | determinants and their properties | 6.1 & 6.2 |
| F | 2/12 | college break - no class |
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| M | 2/15 | calculating and interpreting determinants | 6.3 | Problem set 6 | solutions |
| W | 2/17 | intro to the eigenvector problem, eigenvalues | 7.1 & 7.2 |
| F | 2/19 | eigenvectors | 7.3 | Problem set 7 | solutions |
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| M | 2/22 | diagonalization | 7.4 |
| W | 2/24 | complex eigenvalues & stability | 7.5 & 7.6 |
| F | 2/26 | flex | |
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| M | 3/1 | EXAM II (solutions) | Chs. 4, 6 & 7 |
| W | 3/3 | orthogonality | 5.1 | Problem set 8 |
| F | 3/5 | the Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization process | 5.2 | |
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| M | 3/8 | orthogonal transformations & inner product spaces | 5.3 & 5.5 |
| W | 3/10 | least squares & data fitting | 5.4 |
| F | 3/12 | reading period |
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| Tues | 3/16 | FINAL EXAM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | solutions |
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