Math 642:550 -- Rutgers, New Brunswick
Applied Linear Algebra
History and philosophy of the course
This course is offered twice a year in the Summer and Fall terms. In the regular Fall semester, there is time to include computer work using Matlab. The pace of the summer course has not allowed this feature to be included in that format. Samples of both forms of the course are available. Information about a current course is later in this page. Both formats have used the same textbook for several years.Textbook
The text for the course is:
Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and its Applications,
Thomson--Brooks/Cole,
fourth edition (2006),
(ISBN 0-03-010567-6).
Note: Students should get the new fourth edition of Strang's book rather than the old third edition. The syllabus and homework assignments refer to the fourth edition.
The Rutgers University Bookstore is a reliable source of the textbook while orders placed off-campus have often been slow to arrive.
Current Semester
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2008
Previous semester resources
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Summer 2008
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2007
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Summer 2007
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2006
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Summer 2006
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2005
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2004
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Summer 2004
- Linear Algebra and Applications 642:550 -- Fall 2003
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