College of the Holy Cross, Spring 2016
Math 244 (Linear Algebra) Schedule
Professor Hwang (rhymes with song).
Last modified: January 11, 2016
The schedule below is subject to minor changes. Any substantial corrections will be announced by email and/or in class.
| Day | Date | Section | Topics |
| M | Jan 25 | Advising | |
| W | Jan 27 | Section 1.1 | Matrices |
| F | Jan 29 | Section 1.1 | Matrix Multiplication |
| M | Feb 1 | Section 1.1 | Invertibility |
| W | Feb 3 | Section 1.2 | Systems of Linear Equations |
| F | Feb 5 | Section 1.2 | Row-Echelon Form |
| M | Feb 8 | Section 1.2 | Elementary Matrices |
| W | Feb 10 | Section 1.2 | Matrix Inversion |
| F | Feb 12 | Section 2.1 | Vector Spaces |
| M | Feb 15 | Section 2.1 | Linear Combinations |
| W | Feb 17 | Section 2.2 | Subspaces |
| F | Feb 19 | Midterm 1 | |
| M | Feb 22 | Section 2.2 | Subspaces |
| W | Feb 24 | Section 2.3 | Spans |
| F | Feb 26 | Section 2.3 | Sums and Direct Sums |
| M | Feb 29 | Section 2.4 | Linear Independence |
| W | Mar 2 | Section 2.4 | Bases |
| F | Mar 4 | Section 2.4 | Dimension |
| M | Mar 7 | Spring Break | |
| W | Mar 9 | Spring Break | |
| F | Mar 11 | Spring Break | |
| M | Mar 14 | Section 2.4 | The Dimension Theorem |
| W | Mar 16 | Section 3.1 | Inner Products |
| F | Mar 18 | Section 3.2 | Orthonormal Sets |
| M | Mar 21 | Section 3.2 | Orthogonal Matrices |
| W | Mar 23 | Midterm 2 | |
| F | Mar 25 | Easter | |
| M | Mar 28 | Easter | |
| W | Mar 30 | Section 3.2 | Orthogonal Projection |
| F | Apr 1 | Section 3.2 | Best Approximation |
| M | Apr 4 | Section 3.3 | Determinants |
| W | Apr 6 | Section 3.3 | Determinants |
| F | Apr 8 | Section 4.1 | Linear Transformations |
| M | Apr 11 | Section 4.1 | Linear Transformations |
| W | Apr 13 | Section 4.2 | The Space of Transformations |
| F | Apr 15 | Section 4.2 | Change of Basis |
| M | Apr 18 | Section 4.3 | The Rank-Nullity Theorem |
| W | Apr 20 | Section 4.3 | The Rank-Nullity Theorem |
| F | Apr 22 | Midterm 3 | |
| M | Apr 25 | Section 5.1 | Linear Operators |
| W | Apr 27 | Section 5.2 | Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors |
| F | Apr 29 | Section 5.2 | Diagonalizability |
| M | May 2 | Section 5.3 | The Chapacteristic Polynomial |
| W | May 4 | Section 5.4 | Symmetric Operators |
| F | May 6 | Section 5.4 | Symmetric Operators |
| M | May 9 | Section 5.5 | Topics |