Math 260 - Linear Algebra I

Credits: 3

Course Description: Elementary theory of vector spaces. Topics include linear independence, bases, dimension, linear maps and matrices, determinants, orthogonality, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Pre-Requisites: MATH 140.

Frequency: Offered every semester (Fall-Spring-Summer).

Current Textbook: Linear Algrbra with Applications, by Otto Bretscher, 3rd Edition.
Check with your instructor to make sure this is the textbook used for your section.

Vectors

Linear equations.

Linear transformations.

Subspaces of n-dimensional real space and their dimensions.

Introduction to linear spaces.

Orthogonality and least squares.

Determinants.

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

Linear differential equations.