Presentations made at the
2009 Washington D.C. Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA
from the contributed papers sessions on
Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra


Four fundamental subspaces for incidence matrices of graphs
    Gil Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Using linear algebra for image processing
    Paul Raymond Bouthillier, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville

Geometric Representations of a 4 x 4 determinant
    Dean J. Caffentzis, New Port Richey, FL

Using the discrete wavelet transform to illustrate concepts from linear algebra
    Patrick J. Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas

Algorithms for Multivariable Polynomial Interpolation
    Richard D. Neidinger, Davidson College

The Moore-Penrose inverse of a vector: coping with a sometimes tricky case differentiation
    Karsten K. Schmidt, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences

Teach ill-conditioning to introductory linear algebra students in a single lecture!
    Jeffrey Stuart, Pacific Lutheran University

The linear algebra package and its integration into an undergraduate linear algebra course
    Don Spickler, Salisbury University

Getting your hands dirty in linear algebra
    Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College

Using projects and oral reports in the first linear algebra course
    Stephen Hilbert, Ithica College