MATH 2LA3

APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR ALGEBRA

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

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Etext Linear Algebra And Its Applications - 6 Month Access
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ISBN 9780136880929; 9780135851159

Spring/Summer 2026 · C01

Etext Linear Algebra And Its Applications - 6 Month Access
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ISBN 9780136880929; 9780135851159

Spring/Summer 2026 · C01

Review of first year linear algebra. (parts of chapters 1-5)
Linear programming: graphical method (9.2), simplex method (9.3).
Selected applications of eigenvalues (parts of chapters 5.6-5.9)
Orthogonality, orthogonal bases, Gram-Schmidt, QR factorization, projections, projection matrices, least squares, normal equations, linear models, inner product spaces (6.1-6.7)
Symmetric and orthogonal matrices, orthogonal diagonalization, spectral theorem, quadratic forms, positive definite matrices, constrained optimization. (7.1-7.3)
Singular value decomposition, applications of the SVD to statistics (principal components) and data compression. (7.4-7.5) Eckart-Young theorem, low rank approximation.

Linear Algebra and Its Applications
David C. Lay, Steven R. Lay, Judith McDonald · 2021 · 6 · Required
Pearson · ISBN 9780135851258
Linear Algebra and Its Applications ISBN: 9780135851258 Authors: David C. Lay, Steven R. Lay, Judith McDonald Publisher: Pearson Publication Date: 2021 Edition: 6 We will not be using the associated MyLab material; you don’t need to purchase it.
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Fall 2026 · C01

eText Linear Algebra And Its Applications - 6 Month Access
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ISBN 9780136880929; 9780135851159; 9780136679295

Fall 2025 · C01

Etext Linear Algebra And Its Applications - 6 Month Access
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ISBN 9780136880929; 9780135851159

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