MA 351: Elementary Linear Algebra

3 credits

Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Credit By ExaminationQuantitative ReasoningUpper Division
Data from
Fall 2025
last updated 7/29/2025

Systems of linear equations, finite dimensional vector spaces, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvector applications to analytical geometry. Not open to students with credit in MA 26500.

Learning Outcomes

1Solve systems of linear equations using concepts such as vector spaces, linear dependence, and Gaussian elimination.

2Understand and test for linear independence, calculate the dimension of vector spaces, and apply the rank-nullity theorem in various contexts.

3Define and apply linear transformations, including matrix multiplication, inverses, LU factorization, and coordinate transformations.

4Compute and understand determinants, including their use in calculating matrix inverses and practical applications such as volume calculations.

5Analyze and compute eigenvectors and eigenvalues, and apply diagonalization techniques.

Course MA 351 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

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Attachments

Summer 2022
Spring 2019

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Alisa Sedunova

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Takumi Murayama

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Nung Kwan Yip

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Donu V B Arapura

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Deepam P Patel

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Saugata Basu

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8:30 am
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Alisa Sedunova

889
11:30 am
Lec

Takumi Murayama

043
12:30 pm
Lec
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Nung Kwan Yip

011
10:30 am
Lec

Donu V B Arapura

021
12:00 pm
Lec

Deepam P Patel

042
4:30 pm
Lec

Donu V B Arapura

022
4:30 pm
Lec
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Saugata Basu

041
8:30 am
Lec

Alisa Sedunova

889
11:30 am
Lec

Takumi Murayama

043
12:30 pm
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