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Course Guide Topic 1: Linear Equations 1.1 Linear Equations in n Variables 1.2 Methods of Solving Linear Equations Summary Key Terms Topic 2: Systems of Linear Equations 2.1 The m n Systems of Linear Equations 2.2 Geometrical Interpretation of the Solution to 2 2 and 3 3 Systems of Linear Equations 2.3 Equivalent Systems Summary Key Terms Topic 3: The Gaussian Elimination Method and the Gauss-Jordan Reduction Method 3.1 Coefficient Matrix and Augmented Matrix 3.2 Elementary Row Operations 3.3 Row Echelon Form 3.4 Over Specified and Under Specified Systems 3.5 Reduced Row Echelon Form 3.6 Homogeneous Systems Summary Key Terms Topic 4: Matrices 4.1 Matrix Algebra 4.1.1 Matrix Addition 4.1.2 Matrix Multiplication 4.1.3 Scalar Multiplication 4.1.4 Matrix Transposition 4.2 Inverse Matrix 4.3 System of Linear Equations and the Inverse Matrix Summary Key Terms ixxiii 1 1 3 5 6 7 7 8 13 15 15

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Topic 5: Determinant 5.1 Determinant 5.2 Minor and Cofactor of an n n Matrix 5.3 Laplace Expansion 5.3 Properties of the Determinant Summary Key Terms Topic 6: Euclidian Space 6.1 Euclidian Space Rn 6.2 Geometrical Interpretation of a Vector in R2 Summary Key Terms Topic 7: Vector Spaces 7.1 Axioms of a Vector Space 7.2 Examples of Vector Spaces and Non-vector Spaces 7.3 Basic Theorems About Vector Spaces Summary Key Terms Topic 8: Subspace 8.1 Definition of Subspace and the Subspace Characterisation Theorem 8.2 Examples of Subspaces and Non-subspaces 8.3 Linear Combination and Linear Span 8.4 Subspace Spanned by a Set Summary Key Terms Topic 9: Direct Sum Space 9.1 The Sum of Two Sets 9.2 Direct Sum and Its Characterisation Theorem Summary Key Terms

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Topic 10: Basis and Dimension 10.1 Linear Independence 10.1.1 Geometrical Interpretation of Linear Dependence in R2 10.1.2 Geometrical Interpretation of Linear Independence in R2 10.1.3 Linear Independence Theorem 10.2 Basis 10.3 Coordinates; Change of Basis 10.3.1 Changing Bases Summary Key Terms Topic 11: Linear Transformations 11.1 Mapping Between Vector Spaces 11.2 Properties of Linear Transformations 11.3 Range and Kernel of a Linear Transformation 11.4 Linear Transformation from Rn to Rm 11.5 Matrix Representation of the Linear Transformations Summary Key Terms Answers

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