Linear Algebra

  1. Norms
    1. notation
    2. 3 basic properties
    3. p-norms
    4. unit balls
    5. matrix norm (induced), geometric interpretation
  2. Condition number (C)
    1. “physical” meaning
    2. In terms of relative errors?
    3. Magnitude of C effect on roundoff
  3. Matrix multiplication
    1. two representations
    2. basic identities
  4. Definitions
    1. range, rank, basis, inner product, linearly dependent/independent, singular
  5. $Ax=b$ in terms of basis
    1. interpretation/basis of x, b
  6. Eigenvalue decomposition
    1. Geometry of eigenvectors
    2. Why is the eigenvectors decomposition useful
    3. Show how to do it