Complete Quick Lessons on Linear Algebra
Video Lectures
Displaying all 58 video lectures.
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The Span of a Set of Vectors Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! The Span of a Set of Vectors. In this video, I look at the notion of a span of a vector set. I work in R2 just to keep things simple, but the results can be generalized! I show how to justify that two vectors do in fact span all of R2. |
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Determinants to Find the Area of a Polygon Determinants to Find the Area of a Polygon - In this video, I show how one can use determinants to find the area enclosed by any polygon! |
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Determinants to Find the Area of a Triangle Determinants to Find the Area of a Triangle - In this video, I show how one can use determinants to find the area of a triangle. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Solving a 3 x 3 System of Equations Using the Inverse Solving a 3 x 3 System of Equations Using the Inverse. In this video, I solve a system of three linear equations by using the inverse. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Determinant of a 2 x 2 Matrix - A Few Basic Questions Determinant of a 2 x 2 Matrix - A Few Basic Questions. In this video, I show how to find the determinant of a 2 x 2 matrix, and do a few related problems. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 3 Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 3. Besides using row reduction, this is another way to find the inverse of a 3 x 3 matrix. |
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Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 2 Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 2. Besides using row reduction, this is another way to find the inverse of a 3 x 3 matrix. |
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Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 1 Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Finding the Inverse of a 3 x 3 Matrix using Determinants and Cofactors - Example 1. Besides using row reduction, this is another way to find the inverse of a 3 x 3 matrix. |
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Cramer's Rule to Solve a System of 3 Linear Equations - Example 2 Cramer's Rule to Solve a System of 3 Linear Equations - Example 2 |
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Cramer's Rule to Solve a System of 3 Linear Equations - Example 1 Cramer's Rule to Solve a System of 3 Linear Equations - Example 1 |
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Using Gauss-Jordan to Solve a System of Three Linear Equations - Example 2 Using Gauss-Jordan to Solve a System of Three Linear Equations - Example 2 |
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Using Gauss-Jordan to Solve a System of Three Linear Equations - Example 1 Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Using Gauss-Jordan to Solve a System of Three Linear Equations - Example 1 |
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Solving a Dependent System of Linear Equations involving 3 Variables Solving a Dependent System of Linear Equations involving 3 Variables |
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Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 3 Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 3 |
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Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 2 Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 2 |
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Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 1 Systems of Linear Equations - Inconsistent Systems Using Elimination by Addition - Example 1 |
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Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 3 Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 2. There are TONS of fractions, so I hope you do not get drowned out with all the arithmetic!! |
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Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 2 Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 2. There are TONS of fractions, so I hope you do not get drowned out with all the arithmetic!! |
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Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 1 Solving a System of Equations Involving 3 Variables Using Elimination by Addition - Example 1. There are TONS of fractions, so I hope you do not get drowned out with all the arithmetic!! |
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Finding the Determinant of a 3 x 3 matrix Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Finding the Determinant of a 3 x 3 matrix. I show the basic formula and compute the determinant of a specific matrix. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Row Reducing a Matrix - Systems of Linear Equations - Part 2 Visit : http://bit.ly/pTquLB for your 14 day free trial at Thinkwell! Videos, Quizzes, Tests and More! Row Reducing a Matrix - Systems of Linear Equations - Part 2 - This is a follow up to Part 1 where the last example was cut off! For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com Austin Math Tutor, Austin Math Tutoring, Austin Algebra Tutor, Austin Calculus Tutor |
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Row Reducing a Matrix - Systems of Linear Equations - Part 1 Row Reducing a Matrix - Systems of Linear Equations - Part 1. Basic notation and procedure as well as a full example are shown. The last part of the second part got cut off, but is finished in another video!!! For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com Austin Math Tutor, Austin Math Tutoring, Austin Algebra Tutor, Austin Calculus Tutor |
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Solving Systems of Equations Using Elimination By Addition Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Elimination By Addition - Two complete examples and part of a third problem are shown! For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Multiplying Matrices - Example 1 Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Multiplying Matrices - Two examples of multiplying a matrix by another matrix are shown. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com Austin Math Tutor, Austin Math Tutoring, Austin Algebra Tutor, Austin Calculus Tutor Austin Math Tutor, Austin Math Tutoring, Austin Algebra Tutor, Austin Calculus Tutor |
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Matrix Operations Matrix Operations - Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying by a constant for matrices is discussed. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com! |
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Orthogonal Projections - Scalar and Vector Projections Orthogonal Projections - Scalar and Vector Projections. In this video, we look at the idea of a scalar and vector projection of one vector onto another. |
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An Introduction to the Dot Product An Introduction to the Dot Product. In this video, I give the formula for the dot product of two vectors, discuss the geometric meaning of the dot product, and find the dot product between some vectors. |
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Sketching Sums and Differences of Vectors Sketching Sums and Differences of Vectors. In this video, I give three vectors, and do a few examples of sketching the sum and difference of those vectors. |
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Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 3. Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 3. Here we know the force required to keep a box from sliding down a ramp; we want to know the angle of inclination of the ramp. |
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Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 2 Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 2. In this problem we are given the bearing and velocity of a plane and the bearing and velocity of the wind; we want to find out the actual velocity of the plane after taking the wind into consideration. (a nice little problem!) |
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Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 1 Word Problems Involving Velocity or Other Forces (Vectors), Ex 1. In this problem we do a word problem involving the bearing (direction) of a boat. |
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Finding a Unit Vector, Ex 2 Finding a Unit Vector, Ex 2. In this video we find a unit vector associated with a given vector. |
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Finding a Unit Vector, Ex 1 Finding a Unit Vector, Ex 1. In this video I discuss the idea of a unit vector and show how to find it (divide the vector by its magnitude!). |
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Finding the Components of a Vector, Ex 2 Finding the Components of a Vector, Ex 2. In this video, we are given the magnitude and direction angle for the vector and want to express the vector in component form. |
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Finding the Components of a Vector, Ex 1 Finding the Components of a Vector, Ex 1. In this video, we are given the magnitude and direction angle for the vector and want to express the vector in component form. |
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Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication, Example 2 Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication, Example 2. In this video I add two vectors in component form and also sketch the vectors to illustrate how to add vectors graphically (very useful stuff!). |
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Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication, Example 1 Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication, Example 1. In this video, we look at vector addition and scalar multiplication algebraically using the component form of the vector. I do not graph the vectors in this video (but do in others). |
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Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 3 Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 3. Here we find the magnitude (length) of one last vector and find the angle associated with them. |
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Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 2 Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 2. Here we find the magnitude (length) of some vectors and find the angle associated with them. |
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Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 1 Magnitude and Direction of a Vector, Example 1. Here we find the magnitude (length) of some vectors and find the angle associated with them. |
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When Are Two Vectors Considered to Be the Same? When are two vectors considered to be the same? |
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An Introduction to Vectors, Part 1 An introduction to vectors: magnitude, direction, length, component form are all discussed. |
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Finding the Vector Equation of a Line Finding the Vector Equation of a Line - In this video, I give the formula to find the vector equation of a line and do two examples. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Vector Basics - Algebraic Representations Part 2 Vector Basics - Components, adding vectors algebraically and multiplying by a constant. PART 2 of the video that got cut off!! For more free math videos, visit http://JustMathTutoring.com |
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Vector Basics - Algebraic Representations Vector Basics - Components, adding vectors algebraically and multiplying by a constant. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Vector Basics - Drawing Vectors/ Vector Addition Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Vector Basics - Drawing Vectors/ Vector Addition. In this video, I discuss the basic notion of a vector, and how to add vectors together graphically as well as what it means graphically to multiply a vector by a scalar. For more free math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Vectors - The Dot Product For more FREE math videos, visit http://PatrickJMT.com !! Vectors - The Dot Product. I show how to compute the dot product of two vectors, along with some useful theorems and results involving dot products. 3 complete examples are shown. |
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Vectors - Finding Magnitude or Length Vectors - Finding Magnitude or Length. I give the formula, and do a couple examples of finding the magitude, or length, or a vector. Nothing heavy! For more free videos visit http://PatrickJMT.com |
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Linear Independence and Linear Dependence, Ex 2 Linear Independence and Linear Dependence, Ex 2. As a follow up to Ex 1, I show a set of vectors that is linearly independent by using row reduction. |
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Linear Independence and Linear Dependence, Ex 1 Need a LIVE tutor to help answer a question? Check out the people at http://www.tutor.com/signup?AdDist=1&ExAdId=90fddaff-89aa-4a... for a FREE 30 minute session! Linear Independence and Linear Dependence, Ex 1. In this video, I explore the idea of what it means for a set of vectors to be linearly independent or dependent. I then work an example showing that a set of vectors is linearly dependent. |
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Homogeneous Systems of Linear Equations - Trivial and Nontrivial Solutions, Part 2 Homogeneous Systems of Linear Equations - Trivial and Nontrivial Solutions, Part 2. In this video, I show how to find solutions to a homogeneous system of linear equations that has nontrivial solutions. |
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Homogeneous Systems of Linear Equations - Trivial and Nontrivial Solutions, Part 1 Homogeneous Systems of Linear Equations - Trivial and Nontrivial Solutions, Part 1. In this video, I show what a homogeneous system of linear equations is, and show what it means to have only trivial solutions. In the next video, I work out an example that has nontrivial solutions. |
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Useful Things to Remember About Linearly Independent Vectors Useful Things to Remember About Linearly Independent Vectors. Just a few things that I think are useful to remember about linearly independent and dependent sets of vectors! |
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Basis for a Set of Vectors Basis for a Set of Vectors. In this video, I give the definition for a apos; basis apos; of a set of vectors. I think proceed to work an example that shows three vectors that I picked form a basis for R_3. |
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Useful Things to Remember About Linearly Independent Vectors Useful Things to Remember About Linearly Independent Vectors. Just a few things that I think are useful to remember about linearly independent and dependent sets of vectors! |
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Procedure to Find a Basis for a Set of Vectors Procedure to Find a Basis for a Set of Vectors. In this video, I start with a set of vectors in R_3 and find a basis for those vectors. The basis is NOT necessarily unique! |
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Linear Transformations , Example 1, Part 2 of 2 Linear Transformations , Example 1, Part 2 of 2. In this video, I introduce the idea of a linear transformation of vectors from one space to another. I then proceed to finish an example of whether or not a particular transformation is linear or not. |
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Linear Transformations , Example 1, Part 1 of 2 Linear Transformations , Example 1, Part 1 of 2. In this video, I introduce the idea of a linear transformation of vectors from one space to another. I then proceed to show an example of whether or not a particular transformation is linear or not. |