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    Nov 21, 2024  
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH 251 - Introduction to Linear Algebra


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MATH 171  , Calculus I, within the last three years is highly recommended
MTA Mathematics Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: WI

Matrix operations, echelon form, solutions of systems of linear equations, basics of vector spaces, subspaces, and linear transformations: span, linear independence, bases, dimension, matrix representation of linear transformations; determinants; characteristic polynomials, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Jordan canonical form, inner-product spaces (including orthogonal polynomials); unitary, self-adjoint, and orthogonal matrices, least squares method, discrete Markov processes; bilinear and quadratic forms; introduction to the spectral theorem. Students will be expected to work with mathematics numerically, graphically, analytically, and verbally.