MATH 17 - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

    Recent Professors
    J. Kehoe
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Difficulty
    5.3Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite: MATH 6
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 2 · IGETC Area 2A · CSU GE Area B4
    Description
    Differential Equations and Linear Algebra is the study of first order ordinary differential equations, including separable, linear, homogeneous of degree zero, Bernoulli and exact equations with applications and numerical methods. Topics include: 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.
    Usually Held
    Fri 10:30am–11:50am, Mon Wed 9:00am–10:20am, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:50am, Mon Wed Fri 9:00am–10:25am