skip to main content

E-mail Me

Please e-mail me using this form, or you can use this e-mail address: dwilson@highline.edu to send e-mail using your own e-mail program.

Your Name:

Your E-mail:

Subject:

Message:

Leave this empty!!! If you see it


Note: All fields on this form are required.

Math 220: Linear Algebra

Winter 2016

Contents [Top]

Resources  [Top Contents]

About Linear Algebra

  • A brief history of linear algebra (here)
  • Pronunciation guide (here)
  • Proof: The Language of Mathematics (here)
  • Seeing the Light (A PowerPoint on using Linear Algebra for lighting graphics in 3D)
  • Googling Markov (PDF showing how Google used Markov chains to generate pagerank)
Topical Videos

Videos by Topic (from the Khan Academy)

1. Introduction to matrices
2. Matrix multiplication (part 1)
3. Matrix multiplication (part 2)
4. Inverse Matrix (part 1)
5. Inverting matrices (part 2)
6. Inverting Matrices (part 3)
7. Matrices to solve a system of equations
8. Matrices to solve a vector combination problem
9. Singular Matrices
10. 3-variable linear equations (part 1)
11. Solving 3 Equations with 3 Unknowns
12. Linear Algebra: Introduction to Vectors
13. Linear Algebra: Vector Examples
14. Linear Algebra: Parametric Representations of Lines
15. Linear Combinations and Span
16. Linear Algebra: Introduction to Linear Independence
17. More on linear independence
18. Span and Linear Independence Example
19. Linear Subspaces
20. Linear Algebra: Basis of a Subspace
21. Vector Dot Product and Vector Length
22. Proving Vector Dot Product Properties
23. Proof of the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality
24. Linear Algebra: Vector Triangle Inequality
25. Defining the angle between vectors
26. Defining a plane in R3 with a point and normal vector
27. Linear Algebra: Cross Product Introduction
28. Proof: Relationship between cross product and sin of angle
29. Dot and Cross Product Comparison/Intuition
30. Matrices: Reduced Row Echelon Form 1
31. Matrices: Reduced Row Echelon Form 2
32. Matrices: Reduced Row Echelon Form 3
33. Matrix Vector Products
34. Introduction to the Null Space of a Matrix
35. Null Space 2: Calculating the null space of a matrix
36. Null Space 3: Relation to Linear Independence
37. Column Space of a Matrix
38. Null Space and Column Space Basis
39. Visualizing a Column Space as a Plane in R3
40. Proof: Any subspace basis has same number of elements
41. Dimension of the Null Space or Nullity
42. Dimension of the Column Space or Rank
43. Showing relation between basis cols and pivot cols
44. Showing that the candidate basis does span C(A)
45. A more formal understanding of functions
46. Vector Transformations
47. Linear Transformations
48. Matrix Vector Products as Linear Transformations
49. Linear Transformations as Matrix Vector Products
50. Image of a subset under a transformation
51. im(T): Image of a Transformation
52. Preimage of a set
53. Preimage and Kernel Example
54. Sums and Scalar Multiples of Linear Transformations
55. More on Matrix Addition and Scalar Multiplication
56. Linear Transformation Examples: Scaling and Reflections
57. Linear Transformation Examples: Rotations in R2
58. Rotation in R3 around the X-axis
59. Unit Vectors
60. Introduction to Projections
61. Expressing a Projection on to a line as a Matrix Vector prod
62. Compositions of Linear Transformations 1
63. Compositions of Linear Transformations 2
64. Linear Algebra: Matrix Product Examples
65. Matrix Product Associativity
66. Distributive Property of Matrix Products
67. Linear Algebra: Introduction to the inverse of a function
68. Proof: Invertibility implies a unique solution to f(x)=y
69. Surjective (onto) and Injective (one-to-one) functions
70. Relating invertibility to being onto and one-to-one
71. Determining whether a transformation is onto
72. Exploring the solution set of Ax=b
73. Matrix condition for one-to-one trans
74. Simplifying conditions for invertibility
75. Showing that Inverses are Linear
76. Deriving a method for determining inverses
77. Example of Finding Matrix Inverse
78. Formula for 2x2 inverse
79. 3x3 Determinant
80. nxn Determinant
81. Determinants along other rows/cols
82. Rule of Sarrus of Determinants
83. Determinant when row multiplied by scalar
84. (correction) scalar muliplication of row
85. Determinant when row is added
86.  Duplicate Row Determinant
87.  Determinant after row operations
88. Upper Triangular Determinant
89. Simpler 4x4 determinant
90. Determinant and area of a parallelogram
91. Determinant as Scaling Factor
92. Transpose of a Matrix
93. Determinant of Transpose
94. Transposes of sums and inverses
95. Transpose of a Vector
96. Rowspace and Left Nullspace
97. Visualizations of Left Nullspace and Rowspace
98.  Orthogonal Complements
99. Rank(A) = Rank(transpose of A)
100.  dim(V) + dim(orthogonoal complelent of V)=n
101. Representing vectors in Rn using subspace members
102.  Orthogonal Complement of the Orthogonal Complement
103. Orthogonal Complement of the Nullspace
104. Unique rowspace solution to Ax=b
105. Rowspace Solution to Ax=b example
106. Showing that A-transpose x A is invertible
107. Projections onto Subspaces
108. Visualizing a projection onto a plane
109. A Projection onto a Subspace is a Linear Transforma
110. Subspace Projection Matrix Example
111. Another Example of a Projection Matrix
112. Projection is closest vector in subspace
113.  Least Squares Approximation
114. Least Squares Examples
115. Another Least Squares Example
116. Linear Algebra: Coordinates with Respect to a Basis
117. Change of Basis Matrix
118. Invertible Change of Basis Matrix
119. Transformation Matrix with Respect to a Basis
120.  Alternate Basis Tranformation Matrix Example
121. Alternate Basis Tranformation Matrix Example Part 2
122.  Changing coordinate systems to help find a transformation matrix
123. Introduction to Orthonormal Bases
124.  Coordinates with respect to orthonormal bases
125.  Projections onto subspaces with orthonormal bases
126. Finding projection onto subspace with orthonormal basis example
127.  Example using orthogonal change-of-basis matrix to find transformation matrix
128.  Orthogonal matrices preserve angles and lengths
129.  The Gram-Schmidt Process
130.  Gram-Schmidt Process Example
131. Gram-Schmidt example with 3 basis vectors
132.  Introduction to Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
133.  Proof of formula for determining Eigenvalues
134 Example solving for the eigenvalues of a 2x2 matrix
135. Finding Eigenvectors and Eigenspaces example
136.  Eigenvalues of a 3x3 matrix
137. Eigenvectors and Eigenspaces for a 3x3 matrix
138. Showing that an eigenbasis makes for good coordinate systems
139. Vector Triple Product Expansion (very optional)
140.  Normal vector from plane equation
141. Point distance to plane and Distance Between Planes
Full Lectures

Video Lectures from MIT: Additional supplemental materials (including these video lectures) may be found on the MIT OpenCourseWare site

1. The Geometry of Linear Equations
2. Elimination with Matrices
3. Multiplication and Inverse Matrices
4. Factorization into A = LU
5. Transposes, Permutations, Spaces R^n
6. Column Space and Nullspace
7. Solving Ax = 0: Pivot Variables, Special Solutions
8. Solving Ax = b: Row Reduced Form R
9. Independence, Basis, and Dimension
10. The Four Fundamental Subspaces
11. Matrix Spaces; Rank 1; Small World Graphs
12. Graphs, Networks, Incidence Matrices
13. Quiz 1 Review
14. Orthogonal Vectors and Subspaces
15. Projections onto Subspaces
16. Projection Matrices and Least Squares
17. Orthogonal Matrices and Gram-Schmidt
18. Properties of Determinants
19. Determinant Formulas and Cofactors
20. Cramer's Rule, Inverse Matrix, and Volume
21. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
22. Diagonalization and Powers of A
23. Differential Equations and exp(At)
24. Markov Matrices; Fourier Series
24b. Quiz 2 Review
25. Symmetric Matrices and Positive Definiteness
26. Complex Matrices; Fast Fourier Transform
27. Positive Definite Matrices and Minima
28. Similar Matrices and Jordan Form
29. Singular Value Decomposition
30. Linear Transformations and Their Matrices
31. Change of Basis; Image Compression
32. Quiz 3 Review
33. Left and Right Inverses; Pseudoinverse
34. Final Course Review