Math 318: Advanced Linear Algebra: Tools and Applications

Midterm: here
Solutions: here
Practice Final: here
Solutions: here

Week # Topic Reading Homework
Adv Linear Algebra
1.
  • Review of Linear Algebra
  • Change of Basis, Diagonilzation, Similar Matrices
2.
  • Diagonilzation, Similar Matrices, HW2
  • Characteristic Polynomial and Permutations
  • General Difference Equation, Markov Matrix
3.
  • Perron's Thereom, Postive Markov Matrices
  • Google Page Rank
  • dot procut, norm, orthogonaility
4.
  • The Four Fundametal Spaces
  • Projections
  • Projections cont., Linear Regression
5.
  • Linear Regression cont., Spectral Theorem
  • Spectral Theorem cont.
  • Quadratic Forms
6.
  • Cardinality
  • Adjacency Matrix, Laplacian
  • Graph Connectivity, clustering, Fiedler eigenvalue
7.
  • HW Help, Polynomial Spaces
  • SVD
8.
  • A^TA, SVD existence theorem
  • Rank 1 decomposition, Reduced SVD
  • Geometry of SVD
9.
  • Rank Approximation, Matrix Norms
  • Eckard Young Theorem, best fit spaces
  • PCA