Math235 Winter 2008 (see also: UW-ACE/ANGEL access)

Linear Algebra 2 ( Course Information/Syllabus)

Instructor Henry Wolkowicz (MC6065, x35589)

  • LEC 001: MWF 9:30-10:20AM, NEW ROOM MC 4020 .
  • Office Hours:

Instructor LEC 002: Omran A. Darvishvand (MC4028, x37563)

  • LEC 002: 12:30-01:20MWF, MC 2017.
  • Office Hours: Monday 2-3PM
  • Tutorial: Mon. 5:30-6:20PM, RCH 101 (with Matt Kennedy)
  • Mathematics Tutorial Centre (schedule) in MC4067. (Tues. 12:30-3:30PM)
  • Collin Roberts (Grad TA); office hour Friday 1:30-2:30PM in MC5052.
  • Text: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd Ed., by David C. Lay.
  • HOMEWORK
  • Marking Scheme: HW 15%; Midterm 25%; Final 60%.
  • UW-ACE/ANGEL access
  • MIDTERM ( solutions): Tues. Feb. 12
  • Final Exam: Thursday, April 17, 4-6:30PM, PAC 1,2,3.
  • Lecture Outlines (with info/links)

    Notes/MATLAB/Resources:

  • Link to MIT, linear algebra, ( MITOPENCOURSEWARE)with VIDEOS!!!
    2008 Canadian Press article on linear algebra and OPENCOURSEWARE and local copy
  • EIGENVALUES: The World's Largest Matrix Computation ( Google's PageRank).
  • MATLAB (The MathWorks)
  • Math Forum at Drexel. With discussion groups, Ask Dr. Math, Problems of the Week, ... e.g. see Q&A College Level and Beyond; linear Algebra archives
  • History of Matrices and Determinants. (Sylvester originated the term matrix.)
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Program in C&O
  • On the Centrality of Linear Algebra in the Curriculum, by Carl C. Cowen, at The Mathematical Association of America.
  • Further exercises in matlab can be obtained from the ATLAST Project at the Library of ATLAST M-files
    Also: VLA - Visual Linear Algebra, which runs using matlab on PCs.
  • The Cayley-Hamilton Theorem; Also some historical papers and a simple proof by Dr. Math.
  • Teaching Linear Algebra, LAA article by Frank Uhlig; Appl. Lin. Alg and Num. Anal. (MATLAB) at the other UofW;


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