
The notion of a norm is introduced.
Students will learn how to find the norm of a vector and how to find the unit vector in the direction of a given vector.
The notion of the distance between two vectors is introduced.
Students will learn how to find the distance between two vectors.
The notion of the angle between two vectors is introduced. The notions of dot product and orthogonality are introduced as well.
Students will learn how to find the angle between two vectors and how to find the dot product of two vectors.
Practice problems for norms and dot product for Rn.
Solutions to Problem Set: Norms and Dot Product for Rn
The definitions of inner product and of inner product spaces are provided.
Students will learn about some examples of inner product and of inner product spaces.
The definitions of norm, distance, and angle between two vectors in an inner product space are provided.
An additional example of norm, distance, and angle for inner product spaces is provided.
Students will learn how to find the orthogonal projection of one vector onto another vector.
Practice problems for inner product spaces.
Solutions to Problem Set: Inner Product Spaces
The definitions of orthogonal basis and of orthonormal basis are provided.
Students will learn how to find the coordinates of a vector relative to a given orthonormal basis.
Students will learn what the Gram-Schmidt process is.
Students will learn how to apply the Gram-Schmidt process.
An additional example of applying the Gram-Schmidt process is provided.
Practice problems for orthonormal bases.
Solutions to Problem Set: Orthonormal Bases
The least-squares problem is introduced.
Students will learn how to solve least-squares problems.
Practice problems for least squares problems.
Solutions to Problem Set: Least Squares Problems
The definition of linear transformation is provided.
Students will learn about linear transformations represented by matrices.
Practice problems for linear transformations.
Solutions to Problem Set: Linear Transformations
The definition of the kernel of a linear transformation is provided.
Students will learn how to find the kernel of a linear transformation.
Students will learn how to find a basis for the kernel of a linear transformation.
The definition of the range of a linear transformation is provided.
Students will learn how to find a basis for the range of a linear transformation.
The definitions of rank and nullity of a linear transformation are provided.
Students will learn how the rank and nullity of a linear transformation are related.
The definitions of the one-to-one and onto properties are provided.
Students will learn how to show that a given linear transformation is one-to-one and how to show that a given linear transformation is onto.
The definition of isomorphism is provided.
Practice problems for the kernel and range of a linear transformation.
Solutions to Problem Set: The Kernel and Range of a Linear Transformation
Students will learn how to find the standard matrix for a linear transformation and how to find the matrix of a linear transformation relative to the bases B and B'.
Students will learn how to find the matrix of a linear transformation relative to the bases B and B'.
Additional examples of finding the matrix of T relative to the bases B and B' are provided.
Practice problems for matrix representation of linear transformations.
Solutions to Problem Set: Matrix Representation of Linear Transformations
Students will learn about reflections and rotations in the plane.
Students will learn how to apply compositions of linear transformations.
Students will learn how to apply rotations in 3-dimensional space.
Practice problems for applications of linear transformations.
Solutions to Problem Set: Applications of Linear Transformations
The definitions of eigenvalue, eigenvector, and eigenspace are provided.
Students will learn the geometric interpretation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Students will learn how to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix.
An example of finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix is provided.
An additional example of finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors is provided. The notion of multiplicity of an eigenvalue is also introduced.
Practice problems for eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Solutions to Problem Set: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
The notion of diagonalizability is introduced.
Students will learn about a necessary and sufficient condition for diagonalizability.
Students will learn about a necessary and sufficient condition for diagonalizability.
Students will learn how to diagonalize a matrix.
Practice problems for diagonalization.
Solutions to Problem Set: Diagonalization
Students will learn how to apply diagonalization to solving a system of linear differential equations.
An example of solving a system of linear differential equations is provided.
Practice problems for applications to differential equations.
Solutions to Problem Set: Applications to Differential Equations
Students will learn about the properties of symmetric matrices.
An example of verifying the properties of symmetric matrices is provided.
The definition of orthogonal diagonalization is provided.
Students will learn how to orthogonally diagonalize a matrix.
The steps of orthogonal diagonalization are summarized.
The properties of symmetric matrices are summarized in the Spectral Theorem for Symmetric Matrices.
Practice problems for symmetric matrices and orthogonal diagonalization.
Solutions to Problem Set: Symmetric Matrices and Orthogonal Diagonalization
Quadratic forms are introduced, and several examples are provided.
Students will learn how to apply orthogonal diagonalization to eliminating cross-product terms in quadratic forms.
An example of eliminating cross-product terms in a quadratic form is provided.
Students will learn about the Principal Axes Theorem.
Practice problems for quadratic forms.
Solutions to Problem Set: Quadratic Forms
Students will learn what a singular value decomposition of a matrix is.
An example of finding a singular value decomposition of a matrix is provided.
Students will learn how to find a singular value decomposition of a matrix.
An example of finding a singular value decomposition of a matrix is provided.
Students will learn how to find a singular value decomposition of a matrix.
Practice problems for singular value decomposition.
Solutions to Problem Set: Singular Value Decomposition
Students will learn what mean-deviation form is and what a covariance matrix is.
Students will see an illustration of mean-deviation form and covariance matrix. Students will also learn what variance is.
The notion of principal component is introduced.
Students will learn how singular value decomposition is useful for finding principal components.
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