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
Previously Offered Terms:
Fall
French Equivalent:
Organized
205 responses
4.07
/ 5
Clear Expectations
95 responses
4.81
/ 5
Learned a Lot
206 responses
4.15
/ 5
Recommend
111 responses
3.32
/ 5
Workload
111 responses
2.85
/ 5
Fair Assessments
203 responses