Math 375


Notes on Math 375: Topics in Multi-Variable Calculus and Linear Algebra

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Course Website

Syllabus

Lecture and Homework Schedule

Textbook

Calculus, Volume II, 2nd Edition, by Tom M. Apostol

Calendar

September

Mon (Dis) Tue (Lec) Wed (Dis) Thu (Lec) HW
 – 9/7 HW1
9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 HW2
9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 HW3
9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 HW4

All notes from September in PDF format

October

Mon (Dis) Tue (Lec) Wed (Dis) Thu (Lec) HW
10/2 Exam 1 10/4 10/5 HW5
10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 HW6
10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 HW7
10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26
10/30 10/31  11/1  11/2 HW8

Midterm 1 Practice

All notes from October in PDF format

November

Mon (Dis) Tue (Lec) Wed (Dis) Thu (Lec) HW
 10/30 10/31 11/1 11/2 HW8
11/6 11/7 11/8 11/9 HW9
11/13 11/14 11/15 Exam 2 HW10
11/20 11/21 11/22 Holiday  –
11/27 11/28 11/29 11/30 HW11

Midterm 2 Practice 1

Midterm 2 Practice 2

All notes from November in PDF format

December

Mon (Dis) Tue (Lec) Wed (Dis) Thu (Lec) HW
12/4  12/5 12/6 12/7 HW12
12/11 12/12  12/13

Matrix Algebra Review

Lecture Outlines

Chapter 1: Linear Spaces

Week 01 – 9/7: Vector Space

Week 02 – 9/12: Proof Writing

Week 02 – 9/14: Subspace, Span of Vector Spaces, Linear Independence

Week 03 – 9/19: Linear Independence, Basis, Coordinates

Week 03 – 9/21: Theorems about Linear Dependence

Week 04 – 9/26: Inner Product, Length, Angle

Week 04 – 9/28: Distance, Triangle Inequality, Orthogonal, Gramm-Schmidt Process

Week 05 – 10/3: Midterm 1

Week 05 – 10/5: Best Approximation, Fourier Series

Chapter 2: Linear Transformations and Matrices

Week 06 – 10/10: Linear Transformations, Solving Systems of Equations

Week 06 – 10/12: Injective, Null Space, Range, Rank-Nullity Theorem

Week 07 – 10/17: Algebraic Operations on Linear Transformations, Injective, Inverse

Week 07 – 10/19: Matrix Representation of Linear Transformations, Matrix Multiplication

Week 08 – 10/24: Isomorphism Between Linear Transformations and Matrices, Solving Linear Equations using Matrix

Week 08 – 10/26: Solving Linear Equations

Chapter 3: Determinants

Week 09 – 10/31: Determinants

Week 09 – 11/2: Uniqueness Theorem, Properties of Determinants

Week 10 – 11/7: Determinant and Area, Inverse of Matrix, Minors and Cofactors

Week 10 – 11/9: Cofactor Expansion, Cramer’s Rule, Linear Independence and Determinant

Chapter 4: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Week 11 – 11/14: Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors

Week 11 – 11/16: Midterm 2

Week 12 – 11/21: Characteristic Polynomial, Trace, Diagonalization

Week 12 – 11/23: Thanksgiving Break

Chapter 8: Differential Calculus of Scalar and Vector Fields

Week 13 – 11/28: Open Balls, Limits, Continuity, Directional Derivative

Week 13 – 11/30: Partial Derivative, Total Derivative, Linear Approximation Formula

Week 14 – 12/5: Differentiable, Total Derivative, Continuity, Multivariable Chain Rule

Week 14 – 12/7: Differentiable, Chain Rule, Gradient, Level Sets

Week 15 – 12/12: Multivariable Chain Rule, Jacobian Matrix

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