Welcome to day one of the Math Refresher portion of the MS Analytics boot camp!

What You Should Do for Day 1

For Day 1 you should do the following.

If you would like a linear algebra refresher:
- Review sections 1.1 and 1.2 in the Lecture Notes. The material is brief and only covers some of the material covered in Worksheet 1.
- Review the video lectures in this module.
Complete as much of Worksheet 1 as you can before 11:00 am ET.
Attend and participate in the Live Session at 11 am ET.

Topics

The worksheet and unit for today covers introductory linear algebra.

Linear Systems and Span

Solutions Sets of Linear Equations
Consistent Linear Systems
Echelon Form and RREF
The Row Reduction Algorithm
Existence and Uniqueness
Vectors in R^n
Linear Combinations
Span

Solution Sets and Linear Independence

The Matrix Vector Product
Existence of Solutions
Homogeneous Systems
Parametric Vector Forms
A Definition of Linear Independence
Linear Independence Theorems

Students are encouraged to work through the material at their own pace.

Worksheet for Lecture

From 11:00 am ET we will have a 1 hour recorded session on BlueJeans where we review questions from Worksheet 1. Please solve as many problems from Worksheet 1 and arrive with your questions for our live session.

Questions?

If you have any questions are you are going through the material, please post a question on our Piazza forum. A link to the forum is on the left navigation menu. Teaching assistants will be answering any questions on Piazza that you may have at these times:

Sunday to Thursday: 8:00 to 9:00 pm ET
Monday to Friday: 8:30 am to 11:00 am ET
Monday to Friday: noon to 1:00 pm ET