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Linear Algebra

Thirty-three Miniatures · Winter 2023

This reading group met in November and early December 2023. Its closing note reports 29 meetings, about 26 hours, and 28 miniatures discussed. It was a reading group, not a credit-bearing course.

The book provided the main thread, with slides, recordings, discussion prompts and additional references prepared around each miniature. Some sessions revisited the same miniature.

Published session list

DateTopicResources
01 Nov, 2023#1. Fibonacci Numbers, QuicklyDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
02 Nov, 2023#2. Fibonacci Numbers, the FormulaDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
03 Nov, 2023#3. The Clubs of OddtownDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
04 Nov, 2023#4. Same-Size IntersectionsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
05 Nov, 2023#5. Error-Correcting CodesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
06 Nov, 2023#5. Error-Correcting CodesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
07 Nov, 2023#6. Odd DistancesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
08 Nov, 2023#7. Are These Distances Euclidean?Discussion · Notes · Video · Slides
09 Nov, 2023#8. Packing Complete Bipartite GraphsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
10 Nov, 2023#9. Equiangular LinesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
11 Nov, 2023#10. Where is the Triangle?Discussion · Notes · Video · Slides
11 Nov, 2023#11. Checking Matrix MultiplicationDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
13 Nov, 2023#12. Tiling a Rectangle by SquaresDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
14 Nov, 2023#13. Three Petersens Are Not EnoughDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
15 Nov, 2023#14. Petersen, Hoffman–Singleton, and Maybe 57Discussion · Notes · Slides
16 Nov, 2023#15. Only Two DistancesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
17 Nov, 2023#16. Covering a Cube Minus One VertexDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
18 Nov, 2023#17. Medium-Size Intersection Is Hard To AvoidDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
20 Nov, 2023#18. On the Difficulty of Reducing the DiameterDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
21 Nov, 2023#19. The End of the Small CoinsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
23 Nov, 2023#20. Walking in the YardDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
24 Nov, 2023#21. Counting Spanning TreesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
25 Nov, 2023#21. Counting Spanning TreesDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
26 Nov, 2023#22. In How Many Ways Can a Man Tile a Board?Discussion · Notes · Video · Slides
27 Nov, 2023#23. More Bricks—More Walls?Discussion · Notes · Video · Slides
28 Nov, 2023#24. Perfect Matchings and DeterminantsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
29 Nov, 2023#25. Turning a Ladder Over a Finite FieldDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
30 Nov, 2023#26. Counting CompositionsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides
01 Dec, 2023#27. Is It Associative?Discussion · Notes · Video · Slides
02 Dec, 2023#30. Equilateral SetsDiscussion · Notes · Video · Slides

The table preserves the original session list. Some dates differ from the publication labels on individual notes; those labels have not been treated as meeting dates. The source lists two entries on 11 November.

Original reading-group page