Graduate Edition 2016-2017

MATH 501 Advanced Linear Algebra

A study of finite dimensional vector spaces. Among the topics covered are matrices, linear transformations, change of basis, dual spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Jordan and other canonical forms, diagonalizable transformations, normal and unitary operators, bilinear forms and their matrix representations, connections to other branches of mathematics, and applications to/in high school teaching.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MATH 351 (Linear Algebra) or equivalent.