Lecture 5: Determinants

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Track Description: Herb Gross examines the determinant in the framework of vector spaces. He shows us how the value of a particular determinant tells us whether a given set of vectors is a basis of a given vector space with a known basis.

Instructor/speaker: Prof. Herbert Gross

Study Guide for Lecture 5: Determinants

  • Chalkboard Photos, Reading Assignments, and Exercises (PDF)
  • Solutions (PDF - 5.3MB)

To complete the reading assignments, see the Supplementary Notes in the Study Materials section.