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MATH 39 Linear Algebra I

San Jose State University, Fall 2022

Course information [syllabus]

Catalog description: Matrices, systems of linear equations, vector geometry, matrix transformations, determinants, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, orthogonality, diagonalization, applications, computer exercises. Theory in Rn emphasized; general real vector spaces and linear transformations introduced.

Prerequisite: MATH 31 or Math 31X (with a grade of "C-" or better).

Textbook: Linear Algebra and Its Applications [Amazon link], 5th edition, David Lay, Stephen Lay and Jodi McDonald (2015), Pearson. ISBN: 978-0321982384.

Technology requirements:

  • Canvas: Assignments and their grades will be posted in Canvas (accessible via https://one.sjsu.edu/).
  • Piazza: This course will use Piazza as the bulletin board. Please post all course-related questions there. 
  • i-Clicker: We will use i-Clicker to perform some in-class activities (such as polling and quizzing).
  • Matlab: Matlab can be used to assist calculations in homework. It is freely available for everyone at San Jose State [download]. 

For more information, see the above-linked course syllabus.


Course material

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 Lectures  Reading  Assignments
 0: Course introduction [slides]

 [MATLAB Get Started]

 [Math 250 Matlab scripts]

 [MATLAB Onramp]
 1: Systems of linear equations [slides] [worksheet 1a] [1b]  Chapter 1

 1.1: 3, 11, 16, 18, 25

 1.2: 2, 4, 12, 20, 22

 1.3: 6, 8, 10, 14, 25

 1.4: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 22

 1.5: 2, 3, 6, 11, 16, 19, 21, 24

 1.7: 1, 8, 10, 16, 20

 1.8: 4, 7, 10, 12, 17, 30, 31

 1.9: 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 18, 20

2: Matrix algebra [slides] [worksheet 2] [3] [4] Chapter 2

 2.1: 6, 9-12, 18-22, 27

 2.2: 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 32, 35

 2.3: 2, 4, 6, 8, 15-21, 27, 28, 34

 2.4: 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 25

 2.5: 3, 8, 10, 15, 24, 25, 26

3: Matrix determinants [slides] [worksheet 5] [6] Chapter 3

3.1: 2, 10, 14, 15, 34-36, 37, 38

3.2: 1-4, 6, 8, 12, 21, 24, 29, 31, 40

3.3: 2, 6, 12, 18

4: Vector spaces [slides)] [worksheet 7] [8] [9] [10]

Chapter 4

4.1: 5, 8, 15, 18, 21

2.8: 1-4, 5, 7, 8, 10

4.2: 4, 5, 7, 11, 16

4.3: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 19

4.4: 1, 4, 8, 17

4.5: 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18

4.6: 2, 8, 12, 14, 16, 27, 30

4.7: 8

5: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors [slides] [worksheet 11] [12]

Chapter 5

5.1: 6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27

5.2: 8, 10, 12, 15, 18

6: Dot product and orthogonality [slides] [worksheet 13]

Chapter 6

6.1: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 16, 18, 26, 28

6.2: 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 29

6.3: 4, 8, 12, 14, 16

6.4: 4, 8, 12

6.5: 4, 8, 10

7: Diagonalization of symmetric matrices [slides] [worksheet 14]

Chapter 7

7.1: 14, 18, 20

7.4: 4, 12

 


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