2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Nov 23, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH 130 - Linear Algebra

Type of Course: Lecture

A requirement for mathematics and physics majors; highly recommended for all computer-science majors. Topics include systems of linear equations and their solutions, matrices and matrix algebra, inverse matrices; determinants and permutations; real n-dimensional vector spaces, abstract vector spaces and their axioms, linear transformations; inner products (dot products), orthogonality, cross products, and their geometric applications; subspaces, linear independence, bases for vector spaces, dimension, matrix rank; eigenvectors, eigenvalues, matrix diagonalization. Some applications of linear algebra will be discussed, such as computer graphics, Kirchoff’s laws, linear regression (least squares), Fourier series, or differential equations.

Prerequisites: MATH 121 or MATH 125.

Instructor: Mr. Joyce, Mr. Rudolph, Ms. Sternberg

When Offered: Offered every fall

Faculty: David Joyce, Ph.D. - Professor of Mathematics, Natalia Sternberg, Ph.D. - Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science