Mathematics & Statistics
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Kent Pearce

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1042
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Math 2360
Linear Algebra
Fall 2012
Larson, Ron
Linear Algebra
Cengage

Review Exam I
Section Content      Suggested Problems
Section 1.1
  • linear equation in n variables
  • system of m linear equations in n variables
  • solution of system of m linear equations in n variables
  • solution set of system of m linear equations in n variables
  • parameteric representation of solutions
  • consistent and inconsistent systems of linear equations
  • three types of solutions sets for systems of linear equations
    • solution sets with cardinality one (unique solution)
    • solution sets with infinite cardinality (infinitely many solutions)
    • solution sets with cardinality zero (no solutions -- inconsistent)
  • back substitution
  • equivalent systems of m linear equations in n variables
  • operations that produce equivalent systems
    • interchange two equations
    • multiply an equation by a non-zero number
    • add a multiple of one equation to another equation
Pages 10-12
1-4, 7, 9, 11-17, 27-30, 37-38, 47-48, 53-54, 67-68
Section 1.2
  • matrix notation
  • coefficient matrix of a system of m linear equations in n variables
  • augmented matrix for a system of m linear equations in n variables
  • elementary row operations
    • interchange two rows
    • multiply a row by a non-zero number
    • add a multiple of one row to a second row and replace the second row
  • row echelon form and reduced row echelon form
  • Gaussian elimination with back substituion
  • Gauss-Jordan elimination
  • homoegeous systems of linear equations
    • always consistent
Pages 22-24
7-10, 11-14, 19-24, 25-27, 31-32, 35-36, 41-43
Section 1.3
  • polynomial curve fitting
    • translating large x-values
  • network analysis
  • electric circuit analysis
Pages 32-34
3, 5, 7, 18, 27-28, 31, 33
Section 2.1
  • definition of equality for two matrices
  • definition of sum for two matrices
  • definition of scalar multiplication for a scalar and a matrix
  • definition of matrix product for a row vector and a column vector
  • definition of product for two matrics
  • matrix equation representation of a system of m linear equations in n variables
  • solve a system of linear equations via matrix representation
  • definition of a linear combination of column vectors
Pages 48-51
3-4, 7-8, 11, 15, 17, 21-22, 25-26, 31-38, 41-42, 45-46, 49-50
Section 2.2
  • algebraic properties of matrix addition and scalar multiplication
  • algebraic properties of matrix multiplication
  • differences between algebraic properties of real multiplication and matrix multipication
    • non-commutativity of multiplication
    • non-cancellation of multiplication in equations
  • three types of solutions sets for systems of linear equations
    • solution sets with cardinality one (unique solution)
    • solution sets with infinite cardinality (infinitely many solutions)
    • solution sets with cardinality zero (no solutions -- inconsistent)
  • transpose of a matrix
  • algebraic properties of transposes
Pages 59-61
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23, 25, 33-34, 37, 39, 43
Section 2.3
  • definition of the inverse of a square matrix
  • uniqueness of the inverse of a matrix
  • finding the inverse of a matrix by Gauss-Jordan elimination
  • algebraic properties of the inverse of a matrix
  • solving a system of equations using the inverse of a matrix
Pages 71-73
3, 5, 7, 9, 12-13, 15, 23-24, 31-33, 41, 45, 47
Section 2.4
  • definiton of an elementary matrix
  • multiplication by elementary matrices represents elementary row operations
    • type I: interchanges two rows upon multiplication (on the left)
    • type II: multiplies a row by a non-zero constant upon multiplication (on the left)
    • type III: adds a multiple of one row to a second row and replaces the second row with the sum upon multiplication (on the left)
  • multiplication of elementary matrix on the right induces action on the columns
  • definition of row equivalance of matrices
  • elementary matrices are invertible
  • Theorem 2.15 on qquivalent conditions for Non-singularity (pg 78)
  • definition of LU factorization of a matric
  • construction of LU factorization via (elementary) row reduction
  • solving systems of linear equations via LU factorizations
Pages 82-83
1-8, 9-12, 13-14, 17-20, 27, 31, 35-36, 41, 43, 45





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