May 6, 2015 Midterm 1 Review

1.1 Systems of Linear Function

What is a system of Linear Equation!
Solution Set
Equivalent Linear Systems
Types of solution (no solution; exactly one solution; infinitely many solution)
Elementary row operations
Consistent / Inconsistent Linear System
Existence and Uniqueness of solutions
1.2 Row Reduction and Echelon Form
Echelon / reduced echelon form of a matrix
Pivot position / pivot columns
Row Reduction Algorithm
Free Variables
Parametric description of solution
1.3 Vector Equations
Vectors in R2, R3, or Rn (Geometric Definition)
Linear Combination
Relation between vector equations and Linear System
Span {v1, v2. .. vp} in Rn
1.4 Matrix Equation Ax = b
Relation between Matrix Equation, Vector Equation and Linear System.
Theorem 4
1.5 Solution Set of Linear Systems
Homogeneous Linear System
Trivial / non-trivial solution
Parametric Vector Form
1.7 Linear Independence
Linearly dependent vectors {v1, v2. .. vp} in Rn
.. independent ...
Relation between linearly independency columns of matrix A and solutions of Ax = 0
1.8 Linear Transformations
Transformation, domain, codomain, range
Matrix Transformation
Linear Transformation
1.9 The matrix of linear transformation
Standard matrix for the linear transformation T.
How to construct a standard matrix for Linear Transformation

Onto R One to One Linear Transformation

2.1 Matrix Operations
Diagonal entry; diagonal matrix; identity matrix
Matrix Multiplication
Properties of matrix multiplication
Transpose of a matrix
Go over 2.1 #12 from textbook
2.2 Inverse of a matrix
Invertible matrix
Inverse of a 2x2 matrix
Find solution of Ax = b where A is nxn using inverse of A
Algorithm to find A-1
2.3 Characterization of Invertible Matrices
Theorem 8 (Important) Invertible Matrix Theorem
7 questions
6 1 questions
1 3 part question
No multiple choice
No true / false
JUST FOCUS ON HOMEWORK PROBLEMS.
Only calculations come from Chapter 2