I will discuss a new concept I am excited about: Matrices. Matrices are a way of encoding the information of a linear map between two vector spaces with distinguished bases. There is even a matrix "multiplication" operation that corresponds to the composition of linear maps! I will discuss these ideas as well as other exciting notions like the trace and determinant of a matrix. Based on joint work with Andrew Snowden.

DISCLAIMER: This is not an April fools joke. Speaker(s): Nate Harman (UM)