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==Algebra I==
 
==Algebra I==
 
===Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Fall 2006===
 
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===Text===
* [[Lecture 01, September 13, 2006]] 
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Freidberg, Insel, Spence. <u>Linear Algebra, 4e</u>. New Jersy: Pearson Education Inc, 2003.<br>
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===Famous Quotes About Math and Mind===
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* "The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." by Albert Einstein
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* "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you mine are still greater." by Albert Einstein
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* "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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* "I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble." by Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
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* "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." by Alfréd Rényi, colleague of Paul Erdős.
  
===Links To Notes===
 
* [http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=38FF36BF7ED1E1BA/ September 12 Notes] for re-uploading, please email at jeff.matskin@utoronto.ca
 
 
===Further Resources===
 
===Further Resources===
  
 
* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/undergrad/ Undergraduate Information] at the [http://www.math.toronto.edu/ UofT Math Department]
 
* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/undergrad/ Undergraduate Information] at the [http://www.math.toronto.edu/ UofT Math Department]
 
* [http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_mat.htm Undergraduate Course Descriptions].
 
* [http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_mat.htm Undergraduate Course Descriptions].
* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/murnaghan/courses/mat240/index.html Last year's Math 240 web site].
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* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/murnaghan/courses/mat240/index.html Last year's MAT240 web site].
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* [http://www.math.toronto.edu/~megumi/MAT240/240.html Two years ago's MAT240 site].
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* [http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~khouston/httlam.html "How to Think Like a Mathematician"] by Kevin Houston.
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* [http://www.stonehill.edu/compsci/History_Math/math-read.htm "How to Read Mathematics"] by Shai Simonson and Fernando Gouvea.
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* A wide variety of free online mathematics texts is [http://www.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.html here]. Want more examples? Get them here. Also, for those in 157 I'd suggest looking at Elias Zakon's Analysis 1 text as a supplement for Spivak.

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Contents

Algebra I

Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Fall 2006

Agenda: Understand linear algebra, the simplest algebra there is, and come to appreciate that simplest is also the most fundamental.

Hidden Agenda: Learn (by example) how "real" math is done: abstraction and generalization, definitions, theorems and proofs.

Instructor: Dror Bar-Natan, drorbn@math.toronto.edu, Bahen 6178, 416-946-5438. Office hours: by appointment.

Classes: Tuesdays 1-3 and Thursdays 1-2 at MP 203.

Dmitry, Paul
Teaching Assistants: Dmitry Donin, donin@math.toronto.edu, Bahen 6191, 416-978-2095 and Paul Lee, plee@math.toronto.edu, Bahen 6135, 416-978-4794.

Tutorials: Thursdays 2-4 at MP 203 if the last digit of your student number is even, and at MP 118 if it is odd.

Text

Freidberg, Insel, Spence. Linear Algebra, 4e. New Jersy: Pearson Education Inc, 2003.

Famous Quotes About Math and Mind

  • "The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." by Albert Einstein
  • "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you mine are still greater." by Albert Einstein
  • "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • "I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble." by Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
  • "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." by Alfréd Rényi, colleague of Paul Erdős.

Further Resources