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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MATH1231 or MATH1241 or MATH1251; Exclusions: MATH2501, MATH2601, MATH2509, MATH2801, MATH2901, MATH2841, MATH2859, BEES2041, ECON2215, & BIOS2041
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
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Description

Linear algebra:
Vector spaces, linear transformations, change of basis, inner products, orthogonalization, least squares approximation, QR factorization, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, Jordan forms, matrix exponentials and applications to systems of differential equations, other applications of linear algebra.

Probability and statistics:
Sample spaces, probability, random variables and probability distributions, standard discrete and continuous distributions, multivariate distributions, Central Limit Theorem, statistical inference, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, linear regression, inference in the linear model.

Note: Available only to students for whom it is specifically required as part of their program


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