4.00 Credits
An introduction to matrix algebra with emphasis on applications: systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, determinants, Euclidean and gen- eral vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, matrix transformations, numerical methods for matrices, selected appli- cations such as Markov chains, strategy games, cryptography, bar codes, Hadamard matrices, error-correcting codes, graph theory, computer graphics and internet search engines. Credit will not be granted for both MATH 304 and 322.
Prerequisite:
C- or better in MATH 161/163H.