MATH 17 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA

    Recent Professors
    R. Hickey, J. Gardner
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    30–45 students
    Difficulty
    6.8Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    Mathematics 6
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 2 · IGETC Area 2A · CSU GE Area B4
    Description
    Solutions to first order ordinary differential equations, including separable, linear, homogeneous of degree zero, Bernoulli and exact with applications and numerical methods. Solutions to higher order differential equations using undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, and power series, with applications. Solutions to linear and non-linear systems of differential equations, including numerical solutions. Matrix algebra, solutions of linear systems of equations, and determinants. Vector spaces, linear independence, basis and dimension, subspace and inner product space, including the Gram-Schmidt procedure. Linear transformations, kernel and range, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and symmetric matrices. (A, CSU, UC, Cal-GETC) (C-ID MATH 240, MATH 260, MATH 910S)
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed Fri 10:00am–11:25am, Mon Wed Fri 12:00pm–1:25pm, Mon Wed Fri 11:00am–12:25pm