MAT 2342 Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra

3 units
Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Review of vector spaces and matrix algebra via applications to Economics and Science. Inner products, Gram-Schmidt, orthogonal projections. Orthogonal matrices. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of symmetric matrices. Singular value decomposition. Quadratic forms, properties of symmetric, positive-definite, and idempotent matrices. Minimization of quadratic forms and least squares approximation, principal component analysis. Linear programming, duality and the simplex method.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: MAT 1302 or MAT 1341 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

MAT 2742
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C+ Average (5.296)
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Hung-Chang Liao

Fall 2023 - A00

C+ Average (4.673)
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Mateja Sajna

Fall 2022 - A00

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Amir Nasr

Fall 2019 - A00

B+ Average (6.538)
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Michael Newman

2 sections from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018

B Average (5.574)
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