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Matrix algebra for beginners, Part Imatrices, determinants, inversesJeremy GunawardenaDepartment of Systems BiologyHarvard Medical School200 Longwood Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02115, January 2006 Contents1 Introduction12 Systems of linear equations13 matrices and Matrix multiplication24 matrices and complex numbers55 Can we use matrices to solve linear equations?66 Determinants and the inverse matrix77 Solving systems of linear equations98 Properties of determinants109 Gaussian elimination1111 IntroductionThis is a Part I of an introduction to the Matrix algebra needed for the Harvard Systems Biology101 graduate course. Molecular systems are inherently many dimensional there are usually manymolecular players in any biological system and linear algebra is a fundamental tool for thinkingabout many dimensional systems. It is also widely used in other areas of biology and will describe the main concepts needed for the course determinants, Matrix inverses, eigenvaluesand eigenvectors and try to explain where the concepts come from, why they are important andhow they are used.
2 Systems of linear equations Matrices first arose from trying to solve systems of linear equations. Such problems go back to the very earliest recorded instances of mathematical activity. A Babylonian tablet from around 300 BC states the following problem1: There are two fields whose total area is 1800 square yards. One produces grain at the
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