MATH 2331 — Linear Algebra
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional
Uses the Gauss-Jordan elimination algorithm to analyze and find bases for subspaces such as the image and kernel of a linear transformation. Covers the geometry of linear transformations: orthogonality, the Gram-Schmidt process, rotation matrices, and least squares fit. Examines diagonalization and similarity, and the spectral theorem and the singular value decomposition. Is primarily for math and science majors; applications are drawn from many technical fields. Computation is aided by the use of software such as Maple or MATLAB, and graphing calculators.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 1 | 25 | 45 | 56% | 20.0 |
| Fall 2023 | 6 | 137 | 139 | 99% | 0.3 |
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 147 | 149 | 99% | 0.7 |
| Summer A 2024 | 2 | 70 | 77 | 91% | 3.5 |
| Summer B 2024 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 28% | 29.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 6 | 200 | 207 | 97% | 1.2 |
| Spring 2025 | 5 | 208 | 224 | 93% | 3.2 |
| Summer A 2025 | 2 | 60 | 74 | 81% | 7.0 |
| Summer B 2025 | 2 | 47 | 75 | 63% | 14.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 7 | 162 | 229 | 71% | 9.6 |
| Spring 2026 | 6 | 151 | 204 | 74% | 8.8 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 68% · T 12% · W 65% · Th 73% · F 6%
Common patterns: MWR (52% of sections), R (12% of sections), S (9% of sections), MTWR (8% of sections), M (7% of sections), F (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Oana Veliche (22% of students) · reviews
- Jonathan Esole (20% of students) · reviews
- Junrong Yan (9% of students) · reviews
- David Lang (8% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Jonathan Esole (25% of students) · reviews
- David Lang (18% of students) · reviews
- Dimitre Tzigantchev (11% of students) · reviews
- Benjamin Knudsen (9% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Abigail Williams (100% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Lee-Peng Lee (57% of students) · reviews
- Matthew Garcia (30% of students) · reviews
- Aliska Gibbins (13% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
BIOE 5860, CS 4100, CS 4300, CS 4360, CS 5310, CS 5330, DS 4400, EECE 5614, MATH 3150, MATH 3175, MATH 3275, MATH 3331, MATH 3530, MATH 3560, MATH 4570, MATH 4571, MATH 4575, MATH 4577, ME 3460, PHYS 3211, PHYS 5211
Courses that list MATH 2331 in their prerequisites.
Links
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