Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Jack Dongarra, the programmer who wrote a key piece of code for modern ...

This is a subject I struggled with the first time I took it. Ironically, this was the engineering version of it. It wasn't until I took the rigorous, axiomatic version that everything clicked.

Basic linear algebra methods including basic matrix/vector operations, solution of linear systems of equations, eigenvalues, and singular values. Focus will be on applications of the methods on a ...