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Resources for the exam: detailed syllabus, an example exam.

Plan of lectures

DateTopicSlides
October 7 Systems of linear equations and Gaussian elimination. slides
October 14 Practical aspects of systems of linear equations. RREF and Gauss-Jordan elimination. Matrix operations. slides
October 21 Regular matrices and matrix inverse. slides
November 11 Permutations and groups. slides
November 18 Fields. Modular arithmetics. slides
November 25 Vector spaces. Linear combinations and span. slides
December 2 Linear independence, basis, dimension. slides
December 9 Coordinates. Matrix spaces. Interpretation and uniqueness of RREF. slides
December 16 Transformation of coordinates, linear functions and their matrices. slides
January 6 Isomorphisms. Image and kernel. slides
January 13 Affine sets and functions. slides