MATH 2130: Linear Algebra (Spring 2026)

Email: rebekah.jones-1@colorado.edu
Office Hours: Tues 3-4pm,Wed 12:20-1:20pm
Office Location: Math 218

Course Calendar

	Mon	Wed	Fri
Week 0			1.1 - Linear Systems 1.1 Handout
Week 1	1.1 - Matrices, Row Operations	1.2 - Row Echelon Form REF handout	1.2 - General Solutions
Week 2	MLK Day - no class	1.2 - Example generation handout	1.3 - Vectors, Span
Week 3	1.4 - The Matrix Equation Ax=b	1.5 - Solution Sets	1.7 - Linear Independence
Week 4	1.7 - Linear Independence	2.8/4.1 - Subspaces and Span	Exam 1
Week 5	Column & Null Space, Bases	Practice Problems - Bases	2.9 - Dimension and Rank
Week 6	1.8 - Matrix Transformations	1.8 - Linear Transformations Handout (solutions)	1.9 - The Matrix of a LT Visualization - see Activity 2.6.2
Week 7	1.9/4.2 - One-to-one & Onto 4.2 - Kernel & Range of a LT	2.1 - Matrix Operations Handout	2.2 - The Inverse of a Matrix
Week 8	2.2 - The Inverse of a Matrix 2.3 - The Invertible Matrix Theorem	IMT Practice Problems	Exam 2
Week 9	3.1/3.2 - Determinants Determinant definition	Italicizing N	Review of range and kernel
---	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Week 10	5.1 - Eigenvectors & Eigenvalues Eigenvector handout	5.1 continued	5.2 - The Characteristic Polynomial
Week 11	5.3 - Diagonalization	4.4 - Coordinate Systems	4.4 & 4.6 - Coordinate Systems
Week 12	6.1 - Inner product & Orthogonality	Exam 3 Practice Problems	Exam 3
Week 13	6.1/6.2 - The orthogonal complement	Project Work Day Rough draft due	6.1/6.2 - The orthogonal complement
Week 14	Canceled	6.3 - Orthogonal projections	6.4 - Gram-Schmidt & Review Final Project due