MAT* 274 - Linear Algebra

Credit(s): 4
Prerequisite(s): MAT* 256
A first course in linear algebra for students in mathematics, science and engineering. Topics include systems of linear equations and their solutions; matrices, matrix algebra, and inverse matrices; determinants; real n-dimensional vector spaces, abstract vector spaces and their axioms; linear transformations; inner products (dot products), orthogonality, and their applications; subspaces, linear independence, bases for vector spaces, dimension, and matrix rank; eigenvectors, eigenvalues, and matrix diagonalization. Applications from various disciplines will be considered throughout the course. This course requires a graphing calculator and may include use of a computer software package.