MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

Detailed Course Outline

Week Date Topic Chapter / Section
1 17-21 Sept Introduction to Diff. Eq., First order Diff. Equations 1.1-1.3
2 24-28 Sept First order O.D.E., Integrating Factors 1.4, 1.5
3 1-5 Oct Homogenous D.E., Mathematical Models 1.6
4 8-10 Oct              (11-12 Oct: Holiday) System of Linear eq. Matrices 3.1, 3.2
5 15-19 Oct Echelon Matrices, Matrix operations 3.4, 3.5
6 22-26 Oct             (27 Oct Midterm 1) Inverse of matrices, Determinants 3.5, 3.6
7 30,31 Oct-1,2 Nov (29 Oct: Holiday) Vectors and vector spaces, and subspaces 4.1, 4,2
8 5-9 Nov Linear comb., L. Independence 4.3
9 12-16 Nov Bases and Dimension for vector spaces 4.4, 4.5
10 19-23 Nov              (24 Nov Midterm 2) Orthogonal vectors in Rn 4.6
11 26-30 Nov General vector spaces 4.7
12 3-7 Dec Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 6.1
13 10-14 Dec Diagoanlization of matrices, Power of matrices 6.2, 6.3
14 17-18 Dec            (19-21 Dec: Holiday) Second and higher order Linear differential equations 5.1-5.3
15 24-28 Dec Method of undetermined coefficients, Variation of Parameters 5.5