Peer-curated academic archive from Dr. Valerie Hower, comprising 9 recorded lectures in Mathematics.
Self-contained research seminars, public lectures, and invited colloquia.
This lecture provides a foundational introduction to geometric linear transformations, detailing orthogonal projection, reflection, scaling, rotation, and shearing. It emphasizes their algebraic representation via matrices and their visual interpretation in Euclidean space.
This lecture introduces fundamental concepts of linear systems, covering their definition, methods of representation including matrix and vector forms, and the elementary operations essential for solving them. Emphasis is placed on the geometric interpretation of solutions.
This lecture introduces the fundamental concept of linear transformations, defining their properties and demonstrating how they map vectors between vector spaces. It covers the algebraic criteria for linearity and provides examples of geometric transformations.
This lecture provides a comprehensive treatment of the inverse of a linear transformation, covering definitions, properties, and methods for computation. It explores the relationship between invertibility and bijectivity for linear maps.
This session reviews foundational concepts in linear algebra, including vector space axioms, matrix operations, and solving systems of linear equations. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving techniques for common examination questions.
This session works through additional problems concerning the matrix-vector product Ax and fundamental properties of linear transformations, reinforcing concepts critical for understanding vector space mappings.
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