Selected 500-Level Courses

M560 Linear Algebra

Credits -- 3 (3-0-0)
Term Offered -- Fall
Topics --
  1. Vector Spaces
    scalar field
    span
    subspace
    linear dependence and independence
    basis and dimension
    extension to a basis
    direct sum decompositions
  2. Linear Transformations
    matrix operators
    range
    nullspace
    rank
    singularity and nonsingularity
    linear functionals
    representations
  3. Linear Equations
    fields
    systems of linear equations
    matrices and elementary row operations
    row-reduced echelon matrices
    matric multiplication
    invertible matrices
  4. Inner Products and Norms
    inner products
    orthogonality
    norms
    adjoints (and transposes)
    symmetry and self-adjointness
    positive definiteness
    positive definite symmetric
    Gram-Schmidt process
    matrix norms
  5. Invariant Subspaces
    eigenvalues and eigenvectors
    geometric and algebraic multiplicities
    characteristic polynomials
    eigenstructure of symmetric matrices
    eigenfunction expansions
    generalized eigenvectors
    Jordan form
    singular value decompsoition

Selected 500-Level Courses