CAAM 335 · Matrix Analaysis

Fall 2013 · Rice University


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References

Lecture 17:
Fri 4 Oct
QR Factorization (via Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization)
Reading: MAIS, Sections 6.5
Lecture 16:
Wed 2 Oct
Recovering stiffnesses in a spring network; Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization
Instron's Biaxial planar testing equipment that motivates the inverse spring network problem
Wikipedia on Gram and Schmidt
Reading:
MAIS, Sections 6.3 and 6.5
Lecture 15:
Mon 30 Sep
Least squares problems, continued
Reading: MAIS, Section 6.4; preview Section 6.3
Lecture 14:
Fri 27 Sep
Least squares problems
Reading: MAIS, Section 6.1
Extra notes: lecture14.pdf
Oliver Byrne's rendering of Euclid's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
Lecture 13:
Wed 25 Sep
FTLA, intro to least squares problems
Reading: MAIS, Section 6.1 [recommended enrichment: Section 6.2]
Extra notes: lecture13.pdf
Lecture 12:
Mon 23 Sep
Justifying basis computation techniques; intro to FTLA
Reading: MAIS, Section 5.3
Lecture 11:
Fri 20 Sep
Further calculations of the column space, row space, and null space
Reading: MAIS, Sections 5.1 and 5.2
Lecture 10:
Wed 18 Sep
Proofs that the column space and null space are subspaces; subspace calculations
Reading: MAIS, Sections 5.1 and 5.2
MATLAB: plotline2.m, plotplane2.m, plotline3.m, plotplane3.m
Extra notes: lecture10.pdf
Lecture 9:
Mon 16 Sep
Column space, null space, subspaces, linear independence, basis
Reading: MAIS, Section 4.3
Extra notes: lecture9.pdf
Lecture 8:
Fri 13 Sep
Oblique trusses; introduction to column and null spaces
Reading: MAIS, Sections 4.1 and 4.2
MATLAB: fiber.m: 3x3 tissue model
Extra notes: lecture8.pdf
Lecture 7:
Wed 11 Sep
Matrix equations for 2d mechanical structures: unstable mode
Reading: MAIS, Sections 3.3 and 3.4
Lecture 6:
Mon 9 Sep
Matrix equations for 2d mechanical structures
Reading: MAIS, Sections 3.3 and 3.4
Extra notes: lecture6.pdf
Notes from the TA session: On LU factorization vs backslash in Matlab
Lecture 5:
Fri 6 Sep
The inverse of a matrix
Reading: MAIS, Section 3.2
Extra notes: lecture5.pdf
Lecture 4:
Wed 4 Sep
Solving and factoring with Gaussian elimination
Reading: MAIS, Section 3.2
Liu Hui
Extra notes: lecture4.pdf
Lecture 3:
Fri 30 Aug
Circuits with batteries; one-dimensional mechanics
Reading: MAIS, Sections 2.3 and 3.1
MATLAB: fib2.m models the electrical potential in a neuron, with "batteries"
Extra notes: lecture3.pdf
Lecture 2:
Wed 28 Aug
Modeling circuits (and neurons) with linear algebra
Reading: MAIS, Sections 2.1 and 2.2
MATLAB: fib1.m models the electrical potential in a neuron
Extra notes: lecture2.pdf
Lecture 1:
Mon 26 Aug
Modeling populations with matrix-vector products
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Reading: MAIS, Sections 1.1 and 1.2
MATLAB: population.m for modeling human population
Handout: Syllabus
Extra notes: lecture1.pdf
Getting Started with MATLAB from MathWorks