Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Huron

Mathematics 1600A/B

LINEAR ALGEBRA I


Complex numbers; vectors, lines and planes; solving linear systems; spanning sets and linear independence; matrix algebra; the fundamental subspaces of a matrix, bases, dimension and rank; introduction to linear transformations; determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; similarity and diagonalization; Markov chains and other applications.

Antirequisite(s): Mathematics 1700A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1411A/B, Applied Mathematics 2811A/B, the former Applied Mathematics 1411A/B.

Prerequisite(s): One or more of Ontario Secondary School MCV4U, Mathematics 1229A/B, Mathematics 1120A/B, Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1500A/B. Calculus 1000A/B or Calculus 1500A/B may be taken as a pre-or corequisite.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours (Main Campus, Huron); 4 hours (King's).

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: MATH

This course is also offered at:

Western Main Campus King's

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