course notes

The following notes, assignments, and quizzes are for the Linear Algebra (SDSU Math 254) classes I teach at Torrey Pines High School. I wrote and modified these files over several semesters. Much of the work is my own; however, I borrowed several examples and diagrams from the textbooks* my classes used while I taught the course. These notes, assignments, and quizzes are free for use by my current and former students. If other Linear Algebra students and teachers find these notes useful, I would be happy to know that my work was helpful. - Abby Brown

*Elementary Linear Algebra, 8th edition, Howard Anton, ©2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN 0-471-17055-0. (Chapter, section, page, and formula numbers refer to this text.)

*Elementary Linear Algebra: Student Solutions Manual, 8th edition, Elizabeth M. Grobe and Charles A. Grobe, Jr., ©2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN 0-471-38249-3.

*And a few additional Linear Algebra textbooks that I own or borrowed from friends.

These are PDF files that can be read with Adobe Reader. If you have trouble downloading the files, try right-clicking and selecting "Save Target As..." or see Ms. Brown for a CD-ROM or print version you can photocopy. If you have trouble printing, try printing a few pages at a time rather than all at once. For best results, use the most current version of Adobe Reader (see link below).

Notebook Assignments

• Chapter 1
• Chapters 2 & 3
• Chapters 4 & 5
• Chapters 6, 7 & 8
• More Information about Notebooks (Expectations, Grading, etc.)

Quizzes

• Quiz #1 Sections 1.1 - 1.5
• Quiz #2 Sections 1.6 - 2.3
• Quiz #3 Sections 4.1 - 4.3
• Quiz #4 Sections 5.1 - 5.6
• Quiz #5 Sections 6.1 - 6.5
• More Information about Quizzes (Timing, Grading, etc.)

Additional Notes

• Calendar: Linear Algebra Spring 2012
• Reading a Textbook
• Vocabulary for Chapters 1 - 3
• 4-2 Matrix Transformations in 2D Mathematica Notebook
• 3D Matrix Transformations Mathematica Notebook
• Companion Notes for Section 6.3 (Gram-Schmidt and QR-Decomposition)
• Companion Notes for Section 6.5 (Change of Basis Problem)
• Summary Notes for Chapter 7
• Summary Notes for Sections 8.1 & 8.2
• Final Review Notes
• Mathematica Activities
  • Introduction to Mathematica and Linear Algebra (HTML)
  • Linear Algebra Palette (Mathematica Notebook)
    Or, in Mathematica, go to File, Palettes, BasicCalculations, Lists and Matrices.
  • Geometric Matrix Transformations (PDF)

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