MATH3400-C2 Linear Algebra W/Applications (Spring 2018)

Course Details

This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement.

This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.

Program Requirements

Session, Dates: 1 (01/08/2018 - 04/28/2018)
Days: T
Time: 06:00 - 08:50 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: John Jay 263
Seats Available: Course Full, Choose another
Credits: 3

Course Description

This is a course designed for students with majors in several mathematics related areas. Topics covered include matrices, operations with matrices, inverses of matrices, singular and nonsingular matrices, determinants, cofactors, Cramer's rule, vectors and vector spaces, independence, basis and dimension, orthagonality, Gram Schmidt process, linear transformations, Eigen values, and Eigen vectors. Applications include linear programming, Markov chains, quadratic forms, theory of games, least squares, and linear economic models.

Prerequisites: MATH2070 and CSCM1030 (COSK2220) or CSHR1030 (COSK2225)

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About the Instructor(s)

Allen P. Renfro, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer of Mathematics
Mathematics

Coordinator, Math Placement
Mathematics

Coordinator, Developmental Mathematics
Mathematics

renfro@rmu.edu
412-397-4060 phone
412-397-4075 fax
John Jay 311
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