Course calendar:
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Jan 12: First day of class! Vectors and vector algebra |
Jan 14: Dot products, projections, lines and planes in 2D and 3D |
Jan 16: Span and linear independence WebWork 1 due. |
| Week 2 | Jan 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no class today. | Jan 21: Introduction to Python Conceptual homework 1 due. |
Jan 23: Introduction to Principal Component Analysis Webwork 2 due. |
| Week 3 | Jan 26: Matrices and matrix algebra. | Jan 28: Quiz 1 on vectors, in class today. | Jan 30: Webwork 3 due. |
| Week 4 | Feb 2: Matrix inverses Applied homework 1 due. |
Feb 4: Determinants | Feb 6: Eigenvalues Conceptual homework 2 due. |
| Week 5 | Feb 9: Eigenvalues continued Webwork 4 due. |
Feb 11: Introduction to Markov chains | Feb 13: Quiz 2 on matrix algebra, matrix inverses, and determinants, in class today. |
| Week 6 | Feb 16: Similar matrices Webwork 5 due. |
Feb 18: Diagonalization Conceptual assignment 3 due. |
Feb 20: No class today. |
| Week 7 | Feb 23: Orthogonal matrices | Feb 25: Orthogonal diagonalization Applied assignment 2 due |
Feb 27: Singular value decomposition part 1 |
| Week 8 | Mar 2: Singular value decomposition part 2 Webwork 6 due |
Mar 4: Quiz 3 in class today | Mar 6: Surfaces Conceptual assignment 4 due |
| Week 9 | Mar 9: Partial derivatives Webwork 7 due |
Mar 11: Directional derivatives Applied assignment 3 due |
Mar 13: Optimization Webwork 8 due |
| Week 10 | Mar 16: Quiz 4 in class today | Mar 18: Lagrange multipliers | Mar 20: No class today! |
| Spring break! |