Math 640/700 Linear Algebra for Applications

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Syllabus

The primary text is available on-line, Don Allen's "Lectures on Linear Algebra and Matrices" (Table of Contents)

The secondary text is also on-line, Granville Sewell's "Computational Methods of Linear Algebra"

Topics covered
Topics Allen book Sewell book
Vectors and Vector Spaces Chapter 1 --
Matrices and Linear Algebra Chapter 2 --
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Chapter 3 --
Unitary Matrices Chapter 4 --
Hermitian Theory Chapter 5 --
Factorization Theorems Chapter 7 --
Linear Programming -- Chapter 4

Homework assignments
read Allen sections Allen problems read Sewell sections Sewell problems date due
1.1 to 1.4 1-7,10,11 -- -- Sept 6
1.5 to 1.7 12-17,19,22,23,24 -- -- Sept 13
2.1 to 2.4 2,3,4,8,18,20,25,26,35,42,46,48,49,58,60 (0.1 to 1.4)* -- Sept 20
2.5 to 2.9 1,7,9,12,33,37(n=4 only),52 -- -- Sept 27
Test I ++++++++++ ++++++++++ ++++++++++ Sept 27-29
3.1, 3.3 2,5,6,12,19,28(ii),30 0.3* -- Oct 11
3.5 14,16,17,21,22,24 -- -- Oct 18
4.1 to 4.2 1,4,7,11,13,15,16,18a -- -- Oct 25
5.1 to 5.4 1,2,4,6(A=Hermitian) -- 3.17a,c,d,e Nov 1
Test II ++++++++++ ++++++++++ ++++++++++ Nov 3-5
7.1 -- 1.2,1.4 1.14 Nov 15
7.4 2,5 2.1,2.2 2.1,2.2,2.4(by hand),2.10 Nov 22
-- -- 4.1,4.2,4.4 4.1 Nov 29
-- -- 4.3 4.2,4.3,4.4,4.11 Dec 6
Final ++++++++++ ++++++++++ ++++++++++ Dec 13-15

* = recommended, not essential, reading

Notes

My notes for chapter 1

The Cauchy-Schwartz Inequality

My notes for chapter 2

My notes for chapter 3

The Hamilton-Cayley Theorem

My notes for chapter 4

My notes for chapter 5

My notes for chapter 7

Videos

Video on Applications of Linear Algebra

Chapter 1 Video

Chapter 2 Video

Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 2 Review (Part 1)

Chapter 2 Review (Part 2)

Chapter 3 Video

Chapter 4 Video

Chapter 5 Video

Chapter 7 Video (LU decomposition)

Chapter 7 Video (QR decomposition)

LP Video (Resource Allocation Problem)

LP Video (Artificial Variables)

LP Video (The Dual Problem)