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CHAPTER 1: Linear Systems

CHAPTER 2: Vector Spaces

CHAPTER 3: Maps Between Spaces

CHAPTER 4: Determinants

CHAPTER 5: Similarity

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ONE. Linear Systems (pdf)

  1. Solving Linear Systems
    1. Gauss’ Method
    2. Describing the Solution Set
    3. General = Particular + Homogeneous

  2. Linear Geometry of n-Space
    1. Vectors in Space
    2. Length and Angle Measures

  3. Reduced Echelon Form
    1. Gauss-Jordan Reduction
    2. Row Equivalence

  4. Topics
    1. Computer Algebra Systems
    2. Input-Output Analysis
    3. Accuracy of Computations
    4. Analyzing Networks

TWO. Vector Spaces (pdf)

  1. Definition of Vector Space
    1. Definition and Examples
    2. Subspaces and Spanning Sets

  2. Linear Independence
    1. Definition and Examples

  3. Basis and Dimension
    1. Basis
    2. Dimension
    3. Vector Spaces and Linear Systems
    4. Combining Subspaces

  4. Topics
    1. Fields
    2. Crystals
    3. Dimensional Analysis

THREE. Maps Between Spaces (pdf)

  1. Isomorphisms
    1. DefinitionAndExamples
    2. DimensionCharacterizesIsomorphism
  2. Homomorphisms
    1. Definition
    2. RangespaceAndNullspace
  3. ComputingLinearMaps
    1. RepresentingLinearMapsWithMatrices
    2. AnyMatrixRepresentsALinearMap
  4. MatrixOperations
    1. SumsAndScalarProducts
    2. MatrixMultiplication
    3. MechanicsOfMatrixMultiplication
    4. Inverses
  5. ChangeOfBasis
    1. ChangingRepresentationsOfVectors
    2. ChangingMapRepresentations
  6. Projection
    1. OrthogonalProjectionIntoALine
    2. GramSchmidtOrthogonalization
    3. ProjectionIntoASubspace
  7. Topics
    1. LineOfBestFit
    2. GeometryOfLinearMaps
    3. MarkovChains
    4. OrthonormalMatrices

FOUR. Determinants (pdf)

  1. Definition
    1. Properties of Determinants
    2. The Permutation Expansion
    3. Determinants Exist
  2. Geometry of Determinants
    1. Determinants as Size Functions
  3. Other Formulas
    1. Laplace’s Expansion
  4. Topics
    1. Cramer’s Rule
    2. Speed of Calculating Determinants
    3. Projective Geometry

FIVE. Similarity (pdf)

Similarity

  1. Complex Vector Spaces
    1. FactoringAndComplexNumbers

    2. ComplexRepresentations

  2. Similarity
    1. DefinitionAndExamples
    2. Diagonalizability
    3. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

  3. Nilpotence
    1. Self-Composition
    2. Strings

  4. Jordan Form
    1. Polynomials of Maps and Matrices
    2. Jordan Canonical Form

  5. Topics
    1. Method of Powers
    2. Stable Populations
    3. Linear Recurrences
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