Our course is at the late-freshman levelstresses both practical computation and theoretical principles and centers on the principal topics: matrix theory, determinants, systems of linear equations, elementary vector space concepts, and the eigenvalue problem.
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: solve systems of linear equations and demonstrate an understanding of the nature of the solutions, perform accurate and efficient calculations with vectors, matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors in arbitrary dimensions, demonstrate a geometrical understanding of vectors and vector operations in 2 and 3 dimensions, demonstrate an understanding of orthogonality.
