2025 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 2101.002

Linear Algebra.

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In person

TR 11:00-12:20.

Wachman Hall 406.

542 Wachman Hall

215-204-7288

TR 4:00-5:30

Textbook: Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed. SIAM Press, Philadelphia, 2023, ISBN 978-1-61197-743-1.
Website: https://faculty.cst.temple.edu/~szyld/MATH2101

Forty percent of the grade is based on the homeworks and class participation, thirty percent of the grade on the exams and quizzes, and thirty percent on the (cumulative) final exam.

Two semesters of calculus.

Mastery of linear algebra concepts, to build background for the solution of differential equations, and other applications. Good abstract thinking.

Linear equations. Echelon forms. Matrix Algebra. Vector spaces. Norms, inner products, and orthogonality. Determinant. Singular values. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Thursday September 25, Thursday October 29, and Thursday November 20. Final Exam: Tuesday December 16, 10:30-12:30.

Students are expected to attend every class. If the student cannot attend a class for some justifiable reason, they are asked to contact the instructor before class if at all possible. More than one absence may negatively influence the student performance (and grade).

This course brings important concepts for scientist and engineers. They provide basic background on which most of other topics are based on. It also trains the students in critical thinking. It might be the first course in which certain abstract concepts are presented.