MATH 308 F: MATRIX ALGEBRA

Resources

Lecture Notes

By popular request, I will be posting my lecture notes. Be aware that they are written for myself alone and not for students. Consequently they are badly typeset, they often skip details, etc.

They will be posted here (UW NetID required).

"Essence of linear algebra" videos

Here's a YouTube series on the "essence of linear algebra". It's remarkably well-done and many people find it helpful for giving the intuition behind the algebra.

Alternatives to the Book

While we will cover most of Holt in order, the underlying mathematics is quite old and there are many other expositions. A few:

• S. Paul Smith has extensive and reasonably well-edited notes which are written at a somewhat more advanced level than Holt. See the "sermon" at the end as well.
• Natalie Naehrig has some perhaps friendlier notes, which are not quite as polished.
• Khan Academy has extensive material at this level, like this.

Row Reduction Examples

Here are a couple of row reduction examples.

Inverses

Here is a summary of the course's material on inverses.

Diagonalization

Here is a summary of the course's optional material on diagonalization.