Math 152 (Linear Systems), Section 207, Spring 2011

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• Instructor
  • Joel Feldman
  • feldman(at)math(dot)ubc(dot)ca
  • MATH 221

• Course outline

• Notes
  • There is no commercial textbook for this course.
  • Here is a set of notes that were prepared by Joel Feldman:
    • Vectors and Geometry in Two and Three Dimensions [pdf] (version of January 23, 2011)
    • Linear Systems of Equations[pdf] (version of February 28, 2011) A section on resistor networks was added on February 28, 2011.
    • Matrices[pdf] (version of March 7, 2011) The last significant upgrade was March 4, 2001.
    • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors[pdf] (version of March 31, 2011) The last significant upgrade was March 31, 2001.

• Various other handouts
  • Examples of Gauss reduction.
  • The full Gauss reduction algorithm.
  • The Check Column.
  • Gambler's ruin [MATLAB code, sample output]
  • A first sample computation of the inverse of a matrix using Gauss reduction.
  • Another sample computation of the inverse of a matrix using Gauss reduction.
  • Determinant computations [ Example III.22, Example III.25, Example III.26]
  • Complex Numbers and Exponentials.
  • Roots of Polynomials.