MATH3400-C3 Linear Algebra W/Applications (Fall 2017)

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 (08/28/2017 - 12/16/2017)
Days: T R
Time: 12:30 - 01:45 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: John Jay 142
Seats Available: 1 Seat!
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)

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

Jeffrey J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Acting Dean, School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science
School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science

Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Math and Science
School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science

Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics

mitchellj@rmu.edu
412-397-4021 phone
412-397-2472 fax
John Jay 204
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