Carl Meyer

      Advanced Analytics 591B: Linear Algebra

      Module Outline


Lesson 1 (Wed 8/19):   Linear Equations & Echelon Forms

--- Gauss Elimination and Matrices (pp 3--14)

--- Gauss Jordan Method (pp 15--17)

--- Echelon Forms & Rank (pp 41--52)

--- Consistency (pp 53--56)

Lesson 2 (Mon 8/24):   Practical Solution Methods

--- Homogeneous Systems (pp 57--63)

--- Nonhomogeneous Systems (pp 64--72)

--- Digital Computation (pp 21--24)

Lesson 3 (Wed 8/26):   Sensitivity & Conditioning

--- Sensitivity And Conditioning Issues For Linear Systems (pp 33--39)
Lesson 4 (Mon 8/31):   LU Factorization --- Elementary Matrices (pp 131--140)

--- LU Factorization (pp 141--157)

Lesson 5 (Wed 9/2):   Vector Space Concepts

--- Spaces, Subspaces & Spanning Sets (pp 160--168)

--- Range & Nullspace (pp 169--180)

--- Linear Independence (pp 181--193)

--- Basis & Dimension (pp 194--209)

Lesson 6 (Wed 9/9):   Least Squares

--- Fitting Linear Trends (pp 223--229)

--- Fitting Nonlinear Trends (pp 229--237)

Lesson 7 (Mon 9/14):   Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors

--- Determinants (pp 459--487) [Review on your own]

--- Properties Of Eigensystems (pp 488--504)

--- Diagonalization By Similarity (pp 505--524)

--- Positive Definite Matrices [Selected topics as time permits] (pp 558--573)

--- Singular Value Decomposition [Selected topics as time permits] (pp 411--428)