Lecture schedule
for Math 2LA3
The following lecture schedule is tentative and could change as the term
proceeds. The chapter and section information are relative to the
6th edition of Linear Algebra and Its Applications by Lay, Lay and
McDonald. All material related to each lecture can be found on the Avenue
to Learn site.
Week 1, Sept. 7 - 10
- Review from Math 1B3 and introduction to
linear programming; review material from Chapter 4 and Chapter 9,
section 2.
Week 2, Sept. 14 - 17
- Optimization
problems; continuing Chapter 9, sections 2 and 3
Week 3, Sept. 21 - 24
- Continuation of
optimization; Chapter 9 and additional application material
Week 4, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1
- Review of eigenvalues
and eigenvectors; orthogonality; Chapter 5, section 1 - 3
Week 5, Oct. 5
- 8 (test 1, Oct. 8
in-class - see details on Avenue to Learn)
- Continued review of eigenvalues and
review for the test; Chapter 5 continued
Week
6,
Oct. 19 - 22 (note: not classes Oct. 12 -
15)
-
LU and QR decomposition; orthogonality; Sections 2.5
and Chapter 6, sections 1- 4
Week 7, Oct. 26 - 30
- Orthogonal
diagonalization and the spectral theorem; Chapter 7
Week 8, Nov. 2 - 5 (test
2, Nov. 5 - see details Avenue to Learn)
- Spectral theorem and
an application, review for test; Chapter 7, section 5
Week 9, Nov. 9 - 12
- A second application of the spectral theorem;
Chapter 7, section 5 and additional material
Week 10, Nov. 16 - 19
- Singular
value decomposition (SVD); Chapter 7, section 4
Week 11, Nov. 23 - 26
- SVD Application 1;
additional SVD material
Week 12, Nov. 30 - Dec. 7 (test
3, Nov. 30 - see details Avenue to Learn)
- SVD Application 2,
review for test; continuation of SVD examples