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2016 Winter

This course is a self-contained introduction to Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra. Topics include: subspaces, linear transformations, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, systems of linear equations. Students should note that this is a second-year course and, although it has no formal first-year prerequisites, certain mathematical maturity is expected.

  • Instructor

    Dr. Israel Rocha

    israelrocha@dal.ca
    Chase 251

  • Office Hours

    MWF 10:30 am - 11:30 am

  • Lectures

    MWF 9:35 am - 10:25 am

    LSC-COMMON AREA C242

  • Course Syllabus

    Dates for exams, course content, course assessment, policies, etc. » Syllabus

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  • Course Objectives

    This course provides the main elementary concepts of matrix theory and linear algebra. The student will be able to handle with: vector operations, lines and planes in n-dimensional space, systems of linear equations, matrix operations and matrix algebra, rank and determinant, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, linear independence and dependence, subspaces and spanning sets, bases and dimension. Furthermore, the student will see relevant applications of linear algebra present in the text book.

  • Course Material

    »Text book: Elementary Linear Algebra, 2nd Canadian Edition by Venit, Bishop, and Brown.

    »Online assignments on www.webassign.net class key dal.ns 1056 3148

    You must purchase the book bundled with WebAssign as we will be having online assignments for which you will need access through a code purchased in the package

    »On Blackboard https://dalhousie.blackboard.com/

    »Class website http://mathstat.dal.ca/~rocha/math2030/