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# Math 13 Linear Algebra Homepage SMC Spring 2025 **Welcome to Math 13 Linear Algebra !** (Refresh this page often for updates.) Meeting times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00 AM to 9:20 AM Office Hour: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM + **Class held during the Spring 2025 semester, starting from week 1 to week 17.** **Topics** Unit 1. Theory of linear equations and determinants. Unit 2. Theory of linear vector spaces and linear transformation. Unit 3. Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and diagonalization. Unit 4. Inner product spaces and orthogonality. **Schedules** Weeks 1 to 4: Unit 1. (Roughly Ch. 1 to 3) Weeks 5 to 8: Unit 2. (Roughly Ch. 4 and Ch. 6) Weeks 9 to 12: Unit 3. (Roughly Ch. 7) Weeks 13 to 16: Unit 4. (Roughly Ch. 5) **Reading and homework** [[1 teaching/smc-2025-spring/notes/0-index|Link to notes]] [Link to Canvas](https://online.smc.edu) **Disclaimer.** I will provide notes for the class, but it will take me some time to type them. But just because I type notes up here does not mean they are replacements for lectures. Please attend lectures, do the readings, and do the assignments. If the notes have errors, can be clarified, needed more examples, visuals, let me know. Help me help you learn! The **textbook by Larson** should also be consulted, to supplement your understanding. Homework will be assigned on Canvas. There will be "Canvas Quizzes" as well as handwritten ones that you turn in. These are completion based. **Exams** Exam 1: Week 5 Tuesday 3/18 at 8:00 AM to 9:20 AM in-class Exam 2: Week 10 Tuesday 4/22 at 8:00 AM to 9:20 AM in-class Final Exam: Week 17 Tuesday 6/10 at 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in-class **Holidays / No class on** Week 5 Thursday 3/20 - "Professional development day", no class. Week 9 Spring break 4/14 to 4/18 **Grading.** 20% Homework 25% Exam 1 25% Exam 2 30% Final exam Week 1 Tu 2/18 Day 1 Linear systems; elementary row operations; Gaussian elimination Week 1 Th 2/20 Day 2 Vector equations; linear combination; span Week 2 Tu 2/25 Day 3 Week 2 Th 2/27 Day 4 Week 3 Tu 3/4 Day 5 Week 3 Th 3/6 Day 6 Week 4 Tu 3/11 Day 7 Week 4 Th 3/13 Day 8 Week 5 Tu 3/18 Day 9 Week 5 Th 3/20 No class, "Professional Development Day" **Week 6 Tu 3/25 Day 10 Exam 1 In-class 8:00AM to 9:20AM** Week 6 Th 3/27 Day 11 Week 7 Tu 4/1 Day 12 Week 7 Th 4/3 Day 13 Week 8 Tu 4/8 Day 14 Week 8 Th 4/10 Day 15 Week 9 Tu 4/15 Spring break, no class Week 9 Th 4/17 Spring break, no class Week 10 Tu 4/22 Day 16 Week 10 Th 4/24 Day 17 Week 11 Tu 4/29 Day 18 Week 11 Th 5/1 Day 19 **Week 12 Tu 5/6 Day 20 Exam 2 In-class 8:00AM to 9:20AM** Week 12 Th 5/8 Day 21 Week 13 Tu 5/13 Day 22 Week 13 Th 5/15 Day 23 Week 14 Tu 5/20 Day 24 Week 14 Th 5/22 Day 25 Week 15 Tu 5/27 Day 26 Week 15 Th 5/29 Day 27 Week 16 Tu 6/3 Day 28 Week 16 Th 6/5 Day 29 **Week 17 Tu 6/10 Day 30 Final exam In-class 8:00AM to 11:00AM**