[Bioundgrd] Fwd: IAP Activity "Linear Algebra Demystified"

[Janice Chang]

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>[This activity takes students who've had 18.06 or the equivalent and
>does more engineering applications.  I think it might be useful to
>students in all engineering fields, at least.  AMH]
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>Have you been exposed to linear algebra but want to make sense of it?
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>Sign up for
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>LINEAR ALGEBRA DEMYSTIFIED
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>an IAP 2005 activity.
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>Schedule: Mon-Thu, Jan 10-13, 18-20, 24-27, 04-06:00pm, 34-301
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>This course explores the conceptual tools required to understand linear
>algebra and to apply them to engineering problems. Emphasizes
>conceptual precision and visual intuition; aims to make meaning of
>matrices clear and intuitive. Topics include linear maps as matrices,
>invertibility, eigen-stuff, geometry, least squares approximations and
>linear systems analysis.
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>Centered around problem-solving tutorials, short readings and
>mini-lectures, with instructors circulating to answer your
>questions. Intended for students who have seen some linear algebra in
>a class setting and have discovered they need to understand it better.
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>This *not for credit* course is co-sponsored by the Department of EECS
>and Tau Beta Pi, the School of Engineering's honor society.
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>Find out more information about the course and the program (including
>some handouts from last year) at:
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>http://web.mit.edu/tbp/www/tbp-teach/