| Course Title: Advanced Linear Algebra |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: Linear algebra is one of the foundational areas of mathematics. Research from facial recognition and compressed sensing in applied math to deep results in pure math require advanced linear algebra. In addition, computer graphics, large language models, and linear models in statistics rely heavily on linear algebra techniques. Students in this course will learn the abstract mathematical ideas behind these applications, as well as gain experience with computational techniques in the field. Likely topics include abstract vector spaces, inner product spaces, singular value decompositions and other matrix factorizations, numerical techniques, and symmetric matrices. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jen Paulhus | jpaulhus@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 402 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: MATH-211 and either MATH-206 or MATH-232. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 13 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Matrix Mathematics: A Second Course in Linear Algebra Author: Garcia. (and Horn), Stephan Ramon (and Roger A.) Copyright: 2023 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: 9781108837101 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
Required | 70.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: The students are welcome to use an ebook or hardcover (I gave the ISBN for the hardcover). Be aware that the 1st edition of this book had a slightly different title and the 2nd edition has sufficient enough changes to it that students should make sure to buy/rent the 2nd edition. |