This information effective for Spring 2001. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes. Linear Algebra With Applications, by George Nakos and David Joyner, 1998. Present day treatments of linear algebra primarily reflect the last of these well springs.
Linear algebra has many applications - in engineering, science, and social science.
In addition, students will also be expected to understand the notions of an abstract vector space, subspace of a vector space, linear span of a set of vectors in vector space, linear independence and linear dependence of a set of vectors in a vector space, basis of a vector space, dimension of a vector space, as well as the concept of a linear transformation from one vector space to another vector space. My approach to lecturing this course will be novel and attempted at UCSC for the first time in a mathematics class. Instead of writing at a black board with my back to the class, I will have prepared lectures and will project these onto a screen. Subsequent to class the lectures will be on-line and available for downloading. Hard copies will also be on reserve in the Science Library for copying.