Week 7:

    Read Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Textbook

Core Topics in Sections 3.1 and 3.2

  1. Definition of determinant
  2. Theorem 1 (cofactor expansions)
  3. Theorem 2 on the determinant of triangular matrices
  4. Properties of determinant (Theorem 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Lecture slides of 02/20/2018

Lecture slides of 02/22/2018

Homework #7 (due by 5:00pm Tuesday, 03/06/2018)

Solutions of Homework #7

Read the Two Matlab Tutorials below and Learn Some Matlab in Lab Sessions

Matlab Basics 1 by Yonatan Katznelson

Matlab Basics 2 by Yonatan Katznelson