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SUMMARY:Rekha Thomas (University of Washington)
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/ESME/20/">Re
 thinking Linear Algebra</a>\nby Rekha Thomas (University of Washington) as
  part of Online Seminar On Undergraduate Mathematics Education\n\n\nAbstra
 ct\nWith the surge of interest in Data Science among undergraduates across
  the university\, linear algebra is fast becoming one of the most sought a
 fter math courses\, along with probability and optimization Are pure math 
 departments ready for this? At the University of Washington\, the introduc
 tory linear algebra course caters to over 2500 students each year. It used
  to be taught by a wide variety of instructors\, in a wide variety of ways
 . In the last five years we undertook a massive overhaul of this course (w
 hich ends with eigenvalues) and created a follow-up course (that starts wi
 th eigenvalues and goes onto singular values)\, both aimed at non-majors. 
 The introductory course is now coordinated\, with a uniform philosophy and
  materials. The second course is attracting strong advanced undergraduates
 \, and even some graduate students\, from all over campus who are hungry t
 o understand the math behind the algorithms they have learned in applied c
 ourses. In this talk\, I will discuss these projects.\n
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