Matrix Multiplication and DC Ladder Circuits (UMAP)

This module relates matrix multiplication and DC ladder circuits. It presents a simple and natural context in which composition of linear functions is carried out by matrix multiplication. It derives two laws (Ohm's and Kirchhoff's) that the student probably learned as rote formulas in high school physics and can now understand.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

CIRCUIT-BUILDING AND OHM'S LAW

KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS

EXERCISES

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER READING

SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES