MATH3400-C1 Linear Algebra W/Applications (Summer 2014)

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 (05/12/2014 - 06/13/2014)
Days: MTWR
Time: 12:00 - 02:15 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: John Jay 264
Seats Available: 7 Seats
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 COSK2220 or COSK2225

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

David G. Hudak, Ph.D.
Department Head, Mathematics
Mathematics

Professor of Actuarial Science and Mathematics
Mathematics

hudak@rmu.edu
412-397-4056 phone
412-397-4075 fax
John Jay 313
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