Week 3:

Core Topics in Sections 1.3 and 1.4

1. Definitions of vector, Rⁿ, linear combination, vector equation and span.
2. Understand the equivalence between vector equation and system of linear equations.
3. Understand geometric description of span in R² and R³.
4. How to define the product of a matrix and a vector.
5. Definition of matrix equation.
6. Theorem 3 and Theorem 4 in Section 1.4.
7. How to use row-vector rule to compute Ax.
8. Properties of matrix-vector product (Theorem 5).

Core Topics in Section 1.5

1. Definition of homogeneous equation.
2. Know how to write the solution set of homogeneous equation in parametric vector form.
3. Theorem 6 on the structure of solution set for Ax=b.

Chapter 1 of the textbook (You need to acquire the book for subsequent chapters)

Homework #3 (due by 5pm Tuesday, 02/06/2018)

Read the Matlab Tutorials below and start learning Matlab in Lab Sessions

Matlab Basics 1 by Yonatan Katznelson

Matlab Basics 2 by Yonatan Katznelson