MATH 236 Algebra 2

Description
Linear equations over a field. Introduction to vector spaces. Linear mappings. Matrix representation of linear mappings. Determinants. Eigenvectors and eigenvalues. Diagonalizable operators. Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Bilinear and quadratic forms. Inner product spaces, orthogonal diagonalization of symmetric matrices. Canonical forms.
Credits
3.0
Mathematics & Statistics

Lecture notes

Subject Semester

Monday, January 7, 2013

Introduction to the course

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Complex numbers and vector spaces

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Subspaces and direct sums

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Span and linear independence

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Bases

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Dimension

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Introduction to linear maps

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Kernels and images

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

The matrix of a linear map

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Inverting linear maps

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Linear operators and review

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Monday, February 4, 2013

A review of polynomials

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Polynomials, introduction to eigenvalues

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Matrix representations of linear operators

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Missed this lecture

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Missed this lecture too

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Proposition 5.2.1, review session

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Introduction to inner product spaces

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Was not there

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Gram-Schmidt

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Midterm

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Orthogonal projections and minimisation

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

I slept in

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Operators on inner product spaces

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Summary

Subject Semester

Midterm review

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Review questions

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Final review

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HTSEFP

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Vocab list

Subject Semester

Proof strategies and definitions

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Course quiz

Subject Semester

Practice questions

Winter 2013